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34 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 22 • Number 35

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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Wellness center will have to wait

virtual learning Scott Community High School students take classes through the Scott City Learning Center. (Record Photo)

Community centers sort through questions regarding state funding The Scott City Learning Center has long been an option for those seeking a non-traditional path toward getting a diploma from Scott Community High School.

However, the center in Scott City, along with another 16 across the area which are served by the Southwest Plains Regional Service Center, are scrambling to determine how they will be impacted by changes in school funding.

USD 466 (Scott County) expects to receive $93,218 in virtual state aid for 2014-15. It remains to be seen how the newly passed block grant program will affect the district, but according to one set of projections from the state, funding for 2015-16 could be cut to $72,800.

All funding for virtual education is a “pass through” from the state, to the school district and then to the SWPRSC. Consequently, a portion of the money the district will get from the block grant funding is generated by students and adults who attend the learning center.

“To take that away in an effort to put more money into K-12 (education), ethically, would not be the right thing to do,” says Supt. Jamie Rumford.

finish the year at this specific center.”

To take (virtual education) away in Some will transfer to other centers an effort to put more money into K-12 within the region and others only do (education), ethically, would not be their course work through December. the right thing to do.

While the largest share of students Supt. Jamie Rumford Scott County schools continue to be those 18-years or older,

Serving a Dual Role The learning center serves a dual purpose in the community.

When it was originally established in 2000, the learning center’s purpose was to provide an opportunity for individuals who were 18-years or older with an opportunity to get a high school diploma rather than a GED. Students under the age of 18 weren’t allowed to attend the center, but had to wait until their class had graduated.

It has fulfilled that role well with 90 graduates over the past 15 years.

Of the 38 students currently enrolled in classes, 34 are 18-years or older, according to SCLC Coordinator Melissa Jasnoch.

“Typically, in any given year, we have around 80 or 90 students who pass through the center,” says Jasnoch. “That means they enroll, but may or may not

SCHS Principal Shelly Turner has placed students as young as 16 in the program. In most years, she will have 3-5 students enrolled in the program who struggle with a traditional classroom setting.

“If my only other option is for a student not to graduate, then I’ll enroll them in the center,” says Turner. “The traditional education isn’t for everyone and it’s our job to help that student find a way to succeed so they can get on with their life.”

Opting for the SCLC doesn’t mean the curriculum is any less demanding or the expectations change.

“They’re under a contract with me and with Melissa,” Turner emphasizes.

“They are expected to be in attendance a set number of hours and their are expectations for their classroom performance and their behavior. I have no doubt that (See VIRTUAL on page 18)

A proposed wellness and fitness center in Scott City was soundly rejected by voters, 1,018 to 373, during Tuesday’s general election.

The proposal called for a two mill increase in the tax levy for the Scott Recreation Commission with half of that going toward construction of a $1.2 million fitness center and SRC offices at the Sports Complex.

The other mill - or about $100,000 annually - was to be used for general operations of the SRC. That is an issue the SRC board will be discussing in its upcoming meetings.

According to SRC director Lauren Robinson, the board will consider the possibility of seeking a one mill increase to be used only for general operations. If that doesn’t find support, she says they will need to weigh the possibility of program cuts, fee increases, or a combination of the two.

“The need for more tax money to continue our current level of operations is something we’ve been discussing for some time,” says Robinson. “The wellness center was added to that. It was a gamble.”

Participation in SRC activities particularly at the youth level - has seen a sharp rise in recent years.

However, that hasn’t meant a corresponding increase in revenue.

(See CENTER on page two)

City, county swap officers After losing one officer to the Scott County Sheriff’s Department, Police Chief Chris Jurgens didn’t have to look far for a replacement.

He hired sheriff’s deputy Colton Schmitt to replace Jorden Funk who is now with the sheriff’s department.

“It worked out real well for us.

Colton has the experience, he knows the town and he knows our procedures,” says Jurgens. “We were able to put him on the street right away.”

That exchange didn’t erase the county’s financial obligation to the city with the hiring of Funk. The county is required to reimburse the city $13,298 to cover its expenses in sending Funk to the Law Enforcement Academy where he was a December graduate.

Even with the latest hire, the city is still short one officer. Public Service Officer Richard Ford submitted his resignation at Monday’s council meeting.

Strong winds wreak havoc on Shallow Water Officially, there wasn’t a tornado that swept through the Shallow Water area last Thursday evening, but you’d have a hard time convincing area residents of that as they were cleaning up the debris on Friday.

“If it wasn’t a tornado I don’t know what you’d call it,” said Dani Heinrich who had to take a seriously injured horse to a

veterinarian to mend a huge gash that resulted from flying debris. Closing the wound required 45 stitches.

Three other horses escaped injury, but the corral area sustained major damage.

That was evident throughout Shallow Water as the roofs of several homes had major damage.

In addition, several pivot

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sprinkler systems were twisted and toppled over due to strong winds. Several power poles were also snapped off along the highway between Shallow Water and Poky Feeders.

Wheatland Electric crews were out late Thursday night restoring power.

According to Brian Vulgamore, weather instruments a mile west of Shallow

Water confirmed winds in excess of 110 miles per hour.

Scott County Emergency Preparedness Director Larry Turpin says the National Weather Service is referring to the incident as “straight-line winds,” but he is skeptical.

“I talked to one fellow who was in the storm and he’s convinced there was a tornado.

When you look at the way

things were torn up, it has the look of a tornado,” Turpin says.

“I was shocked at the damage in Shallow Water and that area.”

Turpin was equally surprised by the lack of any warning from the Dodge City weather station.

“In the past they’ve always been good about contacting me if there’s a severe storm coming into our area. The initial reports

406 Main, St. Scott City • 620-872-2090 www.scottcountyrecord.com Opinion • Pages 4-6 Calendar • Page 7 Earth Day • Pages 8-9 Youth/education • Page 11 LEC report • Page 12 Health care • Pages 14-15

Deaths • Page 16 Church services • Page 17 Sports • Pages 19-24 Lawn/Garden • Pages 25-26 Farm section • Pages 28-29 Classified ads • Pages 31-33

SCHS bats held silent in home opener with Broncs Page 19

(See WINDS on page 10)

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Unbalanced state budget has no tax increases Andy Marso Kansas Health Institute

Lawmakers negotiating a fiscal year 2016 budget agreed on a framework before leaving town last week for a monthlong break.

But it’s a shaky one.

It rests on a Senate-passed budget bill that tracks closely with the spending blueprint that Gov. Sam Brownback outlined at the beginning of the session.

But it’s not balanced because neither the House nor Senate has yet given serious consideration to the tax increases needed

to fund it.

That leaves lawmakers with a lot of work left to do when they return to Topeka on April 29 for what is supposed to be a brief wrap-up session.

Traditionally the House and Senate separately debate and pass their own versions of the budget, then hammer out the differences in a conference committee made up of three House negotiators and three Senate negotiators.

That hasn’t happened so far this year.

The Senate stripped the contents from an unrelated House

Center

Scott County Unofficial Election Results Yes No

Scott Recreation Commission Levy Increase 373 1,018 Yes

No

Beaver Township

9

45

Isbel Township

1

27

Keystone Township

8

20

Lake Township

2

13

Michigan Township

1

23

Scott Township

23

58

Valley Township

10

25

Ward 1

31

139

Ward 2

122

267

Ward 3

52

191

Ward 4

114

210

USD 466 Board of Education Mark Davis

994

Eric Erven

823

Lynnette Robinson

856

Ben Taylor

992 Scott City Council

Mayor Dan Goodman

1,052

City Treasurer Dan Weides

1,041

Ward 1 Louis “Bo” Parkinson

150

Ward 2 Barbara Wilkinson

367

Ward 3 Perry Nowak

202

Ward 4 Fred Kuntzsch II

210

Wesley Wernecke

105

Registered voters

3,186

Voter turnout

44%

bill and replaced them with its budget. That unusual maneuver allowed leaders to appoint a conference committee to begin negotiating a final version of the budget even though the House had not debated and passed a budget bill of its own.

While that move is perhaps not unprecedented, veteran lawmakers said the House going into conference negotiations on the budget without passing its own bill was a significant departure from the rules that normally govern the budgeting process.

“That’s very unusual,” said Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, the Legislature’s longest-serving member. “Because they don’t have a position to conference on.”

Rep. Jim Ward (D-Wichita) said he thought the House’s Republican leadership avoided a floor debate on the budget because of his intention to propose an amendment expanding Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act. A spokeswoman for House Speaker Ray Merrick said that’s not the case, and that the House merely preferred to wait for

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A growing number of youngsters qualify for free/ reduced lunch meals through the school district which means they also qualify for free/reduced rates. Those who qualify for free lunches don’t have to pay a program fee, but are required to pay $5 for a t-shirt.

Those who qualify for reduced meals are able to participate in SRC activities for half price.

Robinson says that’s a policy adopted by many recreation commissions.

The number of youth who qualify for free/reduced price “scholarships” has tripled since 2011, Robinson notes. She estimates that about 30 percent of the participants pay no fee.

“Our fees have relatively stayed the same,” she says. “We feel it’s more important to have as many kids in our programs as possible and for them to be active than to be sitting at home.”

However, when comparing the fees charged by the SRC with other communities across the area, Robinson says “ours fall in the mid-range, which is good.”

“Our goal is to keep it affordable for families so that as many people can participate as possible. That’s why we’re here,” she says.

Maintenance Costs The SRC budget continues to be hit hard by water maintenance issues at the Complex. Most recently, a main water line leading into the concession building had to be capped off because of a water leak. Another line that was leaking 70-80 gallons per minute under the building was capped off and rerouted. The staff is still trying to trace down other water leaks at the site.

“You try to budget for some of this, but we are still getting hit with maintenance costs we didn’t plan on,” Robinson says. “We also realize this is a great facility and we’re doing all we can to keep it that way.”

A tight budget, she says, is making that more difficult.

The SRC levy has been two mills since it was established in 1990. Today, it is 2.25 mills, with the extra one-quarter mill for employee benefits.

In May of 2009, the SRC also took a two mill increase before voters and it was rejected Kuntzsch Re-elected The only contested race was in Ward 4 on the Scott City Council where incumbent councilman Fred Kuntzsch defeated Wesley Wernecke, 210-105.

Forty-four percent of the county’s 3,186 registered voters cast ballots.

the state’s revenue estimating experts to meet April 20 and update their projections for the upcoming fiscal year’s tax collections.

But Ward stuck by his assessment last week, pointing out that in addition to negotiating on the Senate’s version of the budget, the House had concurred with the Senate on a number of other bills.

The House avoided general orders - when it convenes as a chamber for the purpose of debating and offering amendments on bills - throughout last week.

(See BUDGET on page 18)

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Community Living

Page 3 - Thursday, April 9, 2015

Most people join the ritual of spring cleaning Due to the mess around our home because of last week’s storm, it seems appropriate to write about spring cleaning.

Sixty-two percent of those surveyed by the American Cleaning Institute, say spring cleaning is an annual ritual in their home.

Seventy-three percent of those strongly or somewhat agree that it’s a tradition worth keeping.

Another 13 percent of this group (18% of men, 8% of women) say if it wasn’t for spring cleaning, they

would probably never clean their home!

Among those who say they spring clean every year: •89 percent of this group say they will spring clean this year.

•72 percent say warmer weather gives them the urge to clean.

And what do spring cleaners pay special attention to?

Windows (72%), blinds/curtains (67%), ceiling fans and carpets (65%) top the special spring cleaning “to do” list, followed by cleaning clothing closets and drawers (63%) and desks/home office spaces (51%).

When it comes to prioritizing what rooms to spruce up, spring cleaners target the kitchen (74%), bedroom (73%), bathrooms (71%), and family room/den (56%).

Here are some strate- go room by room or task gies to make spring clean- by task (cleaning then ing more efficient: vacuuming, for example) and then prioritize your Clear it Out tasks.

Start by getting rid of the things that are need- Recruit Help lessly filling up your It’s not necessary to home. Recycle it, store it, do everything yourself. sell it or donate it.

Enlist family members, pair up with a friend, or Inventory Supplies call in a professional.

Before you start cleanMost importantly, ing, make sure you have make sure you use and all the necessary supplies store cleaning products on hand. safely and correctly.

•Keep all cleaning Make a Plan products out of the reach Decide whether you’ll of children and pets.

•Read and follow all instructions.

•Keep products in their original, labeled containers. Do not use emptied detergent containers for storage of any other materials, particularly those intended for human consumption.

•Thoroughly wash any utensils used in dispensing or measuring of products.

Wash hands thoroughly after product usage.

For additional safety tips and information, visit www.cleaninginstitute. org.

Births PARENTS OF DAUGHTER Nick and Andrea Dressman, Frankfort, announce the birth of their daughter, Ella Marie, born Nov. 17, 2014, at Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan.

She weighed 8 pounds and was 20-1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Neal and Julie O’Brien, Scott City, and Myron and Theresa Dressman, Frankfort.

Great-grandmother is MaryAnn Dressman, Frankfort.

Audra Winter and Bradley Lindsay

Couple is planning July wedding Mr. and Mrs. Layton Ehmke

Mosier-Ehmke are united in double-ring ceremony

Jennifer Mosier and Layton Ehmke were married on October 4, 2014, at the home of Dr. John Mosier in Herington, Ks., in a double-ring ceremony officiated by pastor Bill Peterson.

The bride is the daughter of Dr. Kevin and Jen Mosier, Parsons, and the granddaughter of Dr. Richard and Norma Mosier, Herington, and Vera Werner, Shillington, Penn.

The groom is the son of Vance and Louise Ehmke, Lane County, and the grandson of Alice Carlson, Lindsborg.

The maid of honor was Dr. Kristen Mosier.

Bridesmaids were Kiralyn Mosier, Amanda Ewing, Jess Wisneski and Marit Ehmke.

The groomsmen were Cole Ehmke, Tanner Ehmke and Eric Mosier.

The flower girl was Charlotte Ehmke and the

ring bearer was Jasper Ehmke.

Music for the ceremony and reception was provided by Jess Wisneski. The toastmaster of events was Joe Elkinton. Rex Kessler was the photographer.

The reception was at the home of Dr. John Mosier.

The bride is an alumnus of Parsons High School.

She graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish. She also earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

The groom is an alumnus of Dighton High School. He graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and from Northwestern University with a master’s degree in journalism.

The couple is at home in rural Lane County.

Roger and Jan Winter, Scott City, and Rusty and Pam Lindsay, Scott City, announce the engagement of their children, Audra Lynn and Bradley Martin.

Audra is the granddaughter of Gene Hess, Scott City, and the late Harriet Hess, and Harold and Neoma Winter.

Bradley is the grandson of Chuck and Eunice Lindsay, Oakley; and Lillian Martin, Oakley, and the late William L. Martin.

The bride-to-be is a 2000 graduate of Scott

Community High School and a 2005 graduate of Emporia State University.

She is currently employed by the Scott County treasurer’s office.

The prospective groom is a 2001 graduate of Oakley High School and joined the United States Navy, followed by the United States Army. He is currently employed with the US Army as a Battalion Master Gunner.

The couple is planning a July wedding in Scott City.

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Editorial/Opinion

Page 4 - Thursday, April 9, 2015

editorially speaking

Looking ahead:

Long-range planning for infrastructure needs

There are two possible messages to be taken from Tuesday’s nearly 3-to-1 defeat of a two mill increase in the Scott Recreation Commission’s tax levy.

•Scott County voters are opposed to a wellness and fitness facility.

•Voters feel they are already being taxed to the limit.

Maybe it’s a combination of the two.

We’d like to think that this isn’t strictly about the SRC. There can be little disputing that the recreation commission does a terrific job of providing a wide range of opportunities for the youth and adults in our community with minimal staff.

Also give the SRC credit for operating with the same two mill levy for more than 20 years. How many taxing entities can claim they’ve held the line on their levy for two decades?

Given what we were hearing leading up to the election, we’re going to speculate that voters feel they’re being taxed enough. They are already paying off bond issues for the high school addition/ renovation, new Scott County Hospital, Park Lane Nursing Home renovation/addition, courthouse renovation and a new Law Enforcement Center.

A lot has been asked of local taxpayers over the past 12 years and they’ve delivered.

Perhaps the message that should be taken from this election is the need for a long-range vision by all taxing entities in the county.

While all of these projects were very worthwhile, there’s also no disputing that this community accomplished a lot in a relative short period of time. We believe most people see value in maintaining a community’s infrastructure, but just like with any household or business, it’s generally easier on the budget if these major expenses can be spread out over a period of time.

It would appear in the best interests of the school district, county, city, SRC, hospital and others to look at their needs over the next 20-30 years and see what major infrastructure projects will need to be addressed.

Will increased enrollment require additional space at the elementary school?

The hospital is already short of space for its staff due to unexpected growth? What happens when the clinic gets a fourth physician, or possibly a fifth physician?

By coordinating their efforts and developing a long-range plan, these entities could help avoid huge leaps in the property tax load - as we are experiencing now. This might be easier for taxpayers to accept.

It’s not a guarantee of success at the polls, but long-range planning could be a huge step in making taxpayers feel that someone is taking their pocketbooks into consideration.

How’s that?

Man responsible for the drought, not the climate

It’s always good theater to see how those who don’t believe in climate change will twist themselves into a pretzel trying to explain away what’s happening.

The latest example is former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina who is blaming environmentalists for what she called a “man-made” drought in California.

She claims that if more water storage facilities had been built in California, its citizens wouldn’t be facing drastic water restrictions which are a result of one of the worst droughts in the state’s history.

And this came just days after Gov. Edmund Brown, Jr., had announced new conservation measures while standing on a mountain slope “where there should be five feet of snow.”

“For more than 100 years, environmentalists have failed to stop the damming of nearly every significant river in California. And yet all of the hundreds of dams out there have done nothing to produce rain or snow pack over the last four years. That’s because you can’t store what’s not there,” said Kathryn Phillips, director of Sierra Club’s California chapter.

More water storage facilities can’t alter the fact that drought conditions have taken a huge toll on traditional water supplies in California, just as they’ve taken a toll on the Ogallala Aquifer in Kansas.

Business as usual is no longer an option for those who rely on that water for their livelihood.

Neither is continuing to deny that man is having an impact on declining snowfall and rainfall.

We can either follow the advice of scientists who say that we must change our way of doing things or we can follow the lead of climate deniers like Fiorina and put the blame on environmentalists while ignoring reality.

“If you build it they will come” may work for baseball. It’s not going to solve a drought.

Water crisis: What’s the rush?

Western Kansas is in the midst of a water crisis that will lead to a major change in our lives - and our livelihood.

But there’s no need to rush. Gov. Brownback wants to come up with a 50-year water plan, which might seem like a good idea until you try to find more than a handful of farmers in Western Kansas who think the water will last that long.

Those who haven’t already seen their wells go dry are wondering if they’ll have enough water for the next 10 years . . . maybe 20. But 50?

The shift in thinking about water has been pretty remarkable over the last 40 years.

A friend related to us the time he was traveling south of Garden City and saw water gushing out of a well and filling a nearby ditch to the point “it could float a boat.” He pulled into a nearby farmhouse to make the individual aware of what was happening and the response was, “It doesn’t matter. It’s free.”

At the time, the farmer was getting free natural

gas from a well on his land and, of course, water from the Ogallala was simply “free” for the taking.

Today, we know the folly of that thinking which prevailed for far too long. What’s puzzling is why our sense of urgency is still lacking.

Everyone seems to acknowledge that something should have been done yesterday. However, too many seem content with putting off solutions until the day after tomorrow.

While trying to raise awareness of our depleting water resources on the one hand, the governor’s office has opted for a hands-off approach. The governor and the Kansas Water Office have established 14 regions in which the farmers/landowners are being asked for input as to what solutions they recommend for their particular area. We can only hope that the other 13

meetings are more productive than the one we attended in Scott City.

For example, here are two of the questions from which the KWO hopes to formulate some kind of policy: 1) How long should the life of the aquifer be extended?

Really? Why don’t we just ask, “How long do you want people to live in Western Kansas?”

2) What role should conservation . . . play in meeting future needs?

If conservation isn’t a primary component of the solution, than what is?

If this is our idea of tackling a serious problem then this battle is already lost.

As for 14 different planning regions, that’s part of the state’s “less centralized approach” to managing the problem, according to Susan Metzger, chief of planning and policy for the Kansas Water Office.

In other words, limiting access to the Ogallala is the new “school consolidation” in Topeka.

No one wants to put strict

limitations on the Ogallala, and deal with the economic impact it will have on farmers and the state’s ag economy if they value their political future.

Danny Welsh, Weskan, a board member of the Western Kansas Groundwater Management District confronted Brownback about that very issue, emphasizing that it was time for the governor to step in and dictate water conservation guidelines for the state. The governor informed Welsh that’s not going to happen.

Sure we have a problem, but keep Topeka out of it.

The state’s lack of commitment doesn’t end there. One of the many complaints about water policy in the state is the weak penalties for those who overpump their allocation. Many producers decided that high commodity prices made it easy to absorb fines for overpumping during the drought which has hung over the region for several years.

(See CRISIS on page six)

Give the facts a fighting chance The integrity of American democracy is at stake and there’s nearly a billion dollars standing between a solution to climate change and the future of our children.

Last year, I challenged the Koch brothers to meet me for a debate so that we could have an open, transparent exchange of ideas. Unfortunately, they refused, so I’m about to give them another chance.

I am again formally inviting the Kochs to participate in a public debate.

To stand up, be counted, and publicly justify themselves to the American people who are about to be overwhelmed by their electoral buying power.

The Koch brothers and their allies have pledged to spend nearly $1 billion dollars on the 2016 election helping politicians who are willing to ignore the science and bury their

Where to Write

another view by Tom Steyer

heads in the sand. With each dollar, they’re building a political system that is responsive to their bottom lines - not to the will of the people.

This isn’t how America is supposed to work.

The science on climate change has long been settled, and scientists agree that we must take urgent, aggressive action. The good news is that American businesses have the tools to solve these problems. We’re the most innovative country in the world!

I am confident that we have the guts and the know-how to find solutions that work - making our society more sustainable, while also strengthening our economy. To

Gov. Sam Brownback 2nd Floor - State Capitol Topeka, Ks. 66612-1501 (785) 296-3232

do this, however, we need leaders who accept the facts and have a plan to solve this crisis.

Instead, as we stand at this energy crossroads, the Koch brothers appear to have a strong self-interest in maintaining the status quo - they seem to have no qualms about peddling falsehoods and obscuring the facts.

In Detroit for example, the Kochs bought petroleum coke from a refinery in the state’s most polluted zip code, and dumped three-story high piles of it by the Detroit River - putting the health of Michigan’s children at risk.

Why? Is there any explanation they’d care to make publicly? We want to give them that chance.

We’ve seen before the kind of harm that politicians can do when competing for the favor of the Koch brothers. In

Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4774 roberts.senate.gov/email.htm

Florida, Republican Governor Rick Scott allowed a Koch-owned GeorgiaPacific paper mill to dump cancer-causing chemicals into the St. Johns river.

Then, the Kochs’ political organization budgeted $6 million to promote Scott and his allies in 2014.

The 2016 election is still nearly two years away, but we’re already seeing this vicious cycle gathering steam. After all, when presidential hopefuls like Ted Cruz are traveling the country calling climate scientists “flat-earthers,” one thing is clear: they’re listening to the Koch brothers, not to the American people.

American democracy is a beautiful thing - the engine that drives our country’s incredible innovations, national prosperity and global leadership.

(See CHANCE on page six)

Sen. Jerry Moran 141 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6521 www.house.gov/moranks01/

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Diplomacy defeats war for a change Iran deal is one America can live with

behind the headlines

With their groundbreaking agreement over Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, negotiators in Lausanne, Switzerland, scored a major victory for diplomacy over war.

Both sides made major concessions.

But Iran’s concessions are far greater.

Tehran agreed to severe cuts in its nuclear infrastructure, reducing its current 19,000 centrifuges for enriching uranium to just over 5,000. It also consented to transform several controversial facilities to meet Western demands to weaken Iran’s nuclear capacity.

Crucially, Iran will permit the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct unannounced inspections.

In return, the United States and its partners agreed to suspend their international sanctions over a period of years. They’re also tacitly accepting that the Non-Proliferation Treaty grants Iran the right to enrich nuclear materials for power and medical treatments.

If the bottom line is nuclear security, this agreement is a big winner.

U.S. intelligence agencies - all of them - agree that Iran ceased all weapons-related nuclear research over a decade ago. And now, under the agreed-upon terms, it would take at least a year for Iran to enrich enough uranium for a bomb.

Even then, as my friend Stephen Myles quipped, “they’d still, ya know, have to build a bomb, figure out a way to hide it all from the inspectors all over their country, and convince the international community to sit idly by for one whole year.”

That’s just not going to happen.

Yet there’s more at stake here than sanctions and centrifuges. If the agreement holds, it could lead to a real breakthrough for peace in the Middle East.

If Washington and Tehran can maintain normal - even if not chummy - diplomatic relations, a whole host

by Phyllis Bennis

of thorny problems become easier to resolve. Joint efforts to end the fighting in Iraq, stop the catastrophic escalation underway in Yemen, and create a real international diplomatic campaign to end the Syrian civil war would all become possible.

Extremists in both the United States and Iran oppose the accord.

Iran’s Supreme Leader supports the deal, so hardliners there have been quiet. That means the biggest threat to the agreement succeeding comes from the pro-war faction in the U.S. Congress - mainly, but not only, Republicans.

Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), for example, urged Israel to “go rogue” and attack Iran. And other lawmakers, following their infamous letter to Iran threatening to undermine any agreement, continue to lead efforts to impose new sanctions. What they really want is a chance to tank the accord.

They’re loud, but they’re on the wrong side of public opinion.

A Washington Post poll conducted before the agreement was struck found 59 percent support for a negotiated settlement. A full 70 percent of liberals,

Wall Street arrogance seems to be accelerating even faster than our infinite cosmos is expanding.

It’s not enough that the greed and illegal acts of giant financial conglomerates crashed our economy; not enough that they demanded and got a full taxpayer bailout; not enough that no Wall Street executives went to jail for their frauds: not enough that they prevented any restructuring of their too-big-to-fail financial oligarchy; and not enough that they’ve gone right back to their profiteering casino scams that are setting us up for another crash.

Now, consumed by conceit, they are

demanding our respect.

In fact, the spoiled Barons of the Street are presently throwing a petty political tantrum, screaming that some U.S. senators are not being sufficiently friendly and deferential to them. Thus, executives from Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs have been insisting that such senators as Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown be more respectful and soften their tone toward Wall Street.

To put some swat in their snit, the bankers are threatening to withhold campaign donations to the Dems. Citigroup has already held back its annual donation to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, expressing

has grown up to discourage it, along with a vast consumer-finance industry.

Sociologist Daniel Bell identified these “cultural contradictions of capitalism” more than 40 years ago.

“The breakup of the traditional bourgeois value system,” he wrote, “was brought about by the bourgeois economic system - by the free market, to be precise.”

From this perspective, the gay rights revolution reflects not only expanding notions of justice and equality but also long decades in which the economy, with its “spirit of perpetual innovation,” as Bell called it, conditioned Americans to expect that traditional limitations, of all kinds, could, and should, be overcome.

To be sure, traditionalism retains a powerful residual hold on the American mind, and even staged a comeback of sorts after the turbulent 1960s, the period that prompted Bell’s reflections.

(See VALUES on page six)

(See THANKS on page six)

(See CHANGE on page six)

concern that Senator Warren might be given more power.

Yes, Wall Street’s gaseous ego is so inflated that it feels entitled to dictate the assignments and power that a U.S. senator can have. Likewise, Reuters reports that JPMorgan was so upset that it met with Democratic Party officials to stress that its campaign donations are dependent on “a friendlier attitude toward the banks.”

Dear Wall Street: Imagine how upset We the People are that you’re upset.

Get a grip - trying to buy respect only diminishes what you have . . . and you don’t have a dime’s worth to spare.

Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author

Rethinking ‘values’ high ground It’s no longer a guaranteed winning strategy for GOP Indianapolis may go down in history as the Gettysburg of the culture wars, the place where forces flying the flags of modernism, diversity and individual rights outflanked the would-be upholders of traditional values, forced them into a tactical retreat - and maybe even set them on the road to long-term defeat.

Not since Pickett’s Charge has a group of Americans misjudged their strategic situation more completely than did Gov. Mike Pence and his fellow Republican backers of Indiana’s religious freedom restoration law.

They thought they could define conscientious objection to same-sex marriage as the moral high ground, then seize it; they thought wrong.

other voices

by Charles Lane

Now, the bottom may be dropping out of Republican Party ideology. For decades, the two pillars of that ideology, in domestic policy, have been free-market economics and social traditionalism.

This made a certain amount of sense.

Vigorous capitalist growth depends on savings and investment. To the extent they encouraged Americans to seek their ultimate reward in the afterlife, rather than pursue pleasure in the here and now, old-fashioned religiously based social and moral values promoted a pro-capitalist long-term perspective.

In many ways, though, the free market undermines traditional values.

Growth depends on consumption, too, especially so in the postwar U.S. economy.

Delayed gratification is bad for sales; a vast corporate marketing apparatus

by Chuck Collins

This tax season, America’s billionaires are toasting you, the ordinary taxpayer.

That’s because you’re the one picking up the tab for our nation’s ailing infrastructure of roads, bridges, and rail transport. You’re also footing the bill for military forces, disaster relief, veterans’ health services, and national park protection.

The share of taxes paid by the one percent is declining, even as wealth flows upward to them at dizzying pace.

Maybe you’re not shocked to hear that the wealthy shift their tax obligations onto ordinary Americans. But perhaps you don’t know all their tricks. Here are five tax secrets billionaires deploy to keep you paying more than your fair share.

1) Tax Work More Than Wealth.

The United States taxes income from investments more lightly than the money you earn by working.

For example, a teacher who earns $40,000 from her job owes Uncle Sam 25 percent of her income. But a hedge fund billionaire raking in $400 million from investments will only pay between 15 and 20 percent of that haul in taxes.

2) Hide Money Offshore.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren quipped that Boston’s winter had been so harsh that Mitt Romney “left his money here and he went to the Cayman Islands.”

But that’s no joke. Congressional researchers estimate that people who use offshore tax havens cost the rest of us as much as $70 billion a year.

And that’s just the tip of the taxdodging iceberg.

Global Financial Integrity, a financial watchdog agency, estimates that global corporations and wealthy individuals are hiding a total of over $21 trillion.

3) Assemble Tax-Proof Trusts.

You can’t hitch a U-Haul of money to your hearse, though some billionaires have found ways for their fortunes to live forever. They deploy tax planners who design trusts and other mechanisms to reduce or flatout eliminate their estate taxes.

In 2013, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson used a complex trust mechanism to transfer $8 billion to his heirs, shielding over $2.8 billion in federal estate and gift taxes on the assets they’ll inherit once he passes on.

Congress could close these billionaire loopholes tomorrow, if it weren’t so busy cutting college Pell Grants for working-class college students.

4) Inherit Fortunes.

If I find $100 on the street, that’s taxable income. But if my grandfather gives me $100 million, I don’t pay any income tax on that jackpot.

Inheritances are 100 percent exempt from the income tax.

While a tiny number of extremely rich families will pay taxes on estates before distributing funds, their relatives who inherit that money don’t need to fork anything over to the IRS once they take possession of those assets.

Combine this arrangement with low-tax or no-tax trusts, and you can see why the living is easy for the children of billionaires.

5) Subsidize Charity.

When a billionaire donates money to a large hospital or university, we’re encouraged to applaud their generosity. We seldom realize that we’re actually subsidizing those buildings adorned with the billionaire’s name.

Since donations reduce taxes on a billionaire’s income and estate, ordinary taxpayers chip in about 50 cents of every dollar they donate. And we’re not even invited to the gala.

If billionaires aren’t paying their fair share of federal taxes, who is?

Wall Street is demanding respect

by Jim Hightower

‘Thank you’ note from America’s billionaires

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Irrational assault on the courts is a danger to all

by Davis Merritt

The office holders Kansans elected to power in Topeka want to ensure their absolute control over the institutions and people they are supposed to serve. And they think the Kansas court system is standing in the way.

Of course it is. That’s a primary duty of the judicial branch in a democracy: acting as a check on excessive power and extra-constitutional acts by either the legislative or executive branch, or, in the case of our present

Crisis Kyle Spencer, director of GWMD No. 1, recently raised that issue during the district’s annual meeting.

Mark Rude, who is executive director of the Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3, said his board has been pushing for stiffer fines since 2007. Eight years later, one lawmaker refers to the penalties as a “joke,” but the legislature has yet to do anything about it.

After all, we have plenty of time.

Not everyone is satisfied with the state’s handsoff approach.

Values In 2004, “moral values” were voters’ top priority, according to exit polls. Not coincidentally, both anti-gay-marriage state ballot questions and Republican President George W. Bush prevailed.

In hindsight, though, that was a high-water mark. Last year, the CNN/ ORC poll found that 55 percent of Americans say government should “not favor any set of values,” while only 41 percent want it to “promote traditional values.” The numbers were exactly the reverse 10 years earlier.

Gallup’s May 2014 “Values and Belief” poll revealed that selfdescribed social-issue conservatives outnumber self-described liberals by only four points, the smallest conservative edge in the 14 years Gallup has been asking that question.

Hence Wal-Mart repudiated a proposed law in Arkansas similar to the one in Indiana, so as to curry favor with a national customer base that’s not only increasingly sympathetic to gay marriage - but also increasingly liberal on many social issues. It’s

Chance The rules, in theory, are simple: if you cast your vote, your voice will be heard and the public interest will prevail.

This is the system we’re fighting to defend.

In our democracy no one person, company or organization - not me, not the Kochs, no one - should be able to use their financial resources to override

lockstep monolith, both.

Those in power proclaim that they are merely carrying out “the will of the people” whose votes sent them there.

That’s not true. They have assumed carte blanche to do the bidding of some of the relatively few people they happen to know, and, of course, the will of Americans for Prosperity, the American Legislative Exchange Council, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and others with dollars and goodies to spread around.

Relations among the branches of Americanstyle democracy are tense by design: The U.S. Constitution, and thus state ones, follow the separation-of-powers concept, which, despite the word “separation,” cements the democratic system and safeguards against legislative or executive tyranny.

Gov. Sam Brownback and his majority legislators have long-standing grievances with the Kansas court system stemming from 2005, when the court ruled that the Legislature was violating

its constitutional duty of “suitable provision” for public education and ordered more spending. The court is currently considering a follow-up case that could lead to further orders to increase support.

It comes at an awkward time, because the reckless income tax cuts passed in 2012 sent the state down a fiscal blind alley.

The Legislature has passed a gimmicky twoyear “fix” for school funding that a district court suggests it may block until the follow-up case is resolved.

That potential confrontation reawakened legislative threats to limit the court’s jurisdiction, disrupt the balance of powers, gut the court’s funding and further politicize how justices are selected.

The rhetoric around those threats was so irrational that Kansans should be alarmed.

Rep. Scott Schwab (ROlathe) said of the courts: “The more they get political, the more votes we get for judicial selection.”

At first, Schwab’s complaint seems to indicate, correctly, that it would

area farmers they dropped the impairment claim two years later.

Garetson refiled the claim in 2012 and it’s now making its way through the courts.

The only voluntary effort to reduce irrigation activity has occurred in Sheridan County where the Sheridan 6 Local Enhanced Management Area was established in order to reduce ag water consumption by 20 percent on a whopping 24,800 acres.

Credit the landowners for doing something. But it’s a far cry from being a solution.

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good business for Honey Maid to run ads during the NCAA men’s basketball tournament depicting two gay men raising children.

Slogan: “We serve everyone.”

Where this leaves the GOP in 2016 is anyone’s guess. It could follow an avatar of the old-time conservative religion like Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee or Rick Santorum, and reap a disaster like Pence’s.

Rand Paul’s advice to his party - embrace gay rights, legal marijuana, freer immigration and the like - has the virtue of consistency. It implies a better fit between the party’s free-market economic message and its social platform.

But even if Paul could win the GOP nomination, which he probably can’t, general election voters don’t necessarily want the radical shrinkage of government he has favored.

Paul claims his call for criminal justice reform will help the GOP win black votes. But why would African Americans vote for him over a Democrat who also advocates a big federal role in job creation and civil rights enforcement?

In different ways, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Marco Rubio are trying to recalibrate center-right ideology. They advocate reforming government as opposed to hacking away at it a la Paul - while modulating their socialissue pronouncements.

An approach like that produced surprising 2014 wins for GOP gubernatorial candidates in blue states such as Illinois, Massachusetts and Maryland. Whether it will play nationally in a presidential year, with a larger, more Democratic, electorate, is a different question.

Having straddled Bell’s cultural contradictions for so long, the Republican Party seems poorly equipped to overcome them now. Its leaders formed their beliefs, made their careers and established their records at a time when the political benefits of moral traditionalism still exceeded the costs.

That time is coming to an end.

Charles Lane was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 2009. He specializes in economic policy, financial issues and trade.

He is the also the author of two books

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the will, or the voice, of the individual voter.

The Koch brothers are seemingly trying to buy our democracy while hiding in the shadows.

If the Koch network is going to spend nearly $1 billion inundating voters with falsehoods during the 2016 race for the presidency, the least they can do is come to a battleground

state and be transparent about their motives. Let’s give voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, or any other battleground state of their choice the chance to see us put our mouths where our money is.

The American people deserve nothing less.

Tom Steyer is a California business leader, philanthropist and advanced energy advocate

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Jay Garetson, Sublette, who is also a member of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, filed suit back in 2005 claiming that nearby water wells had impaired their vested water rights, which are the most senior rights in the state. Garetson had been forced to drill to a depth of 450 feet in the Ogallala which he says is about as deep as he can go.

Rather than the lawsuit raising a red flag that the current level of pumping activity was not sustainable, Garetson said he and his brother received such heavy backlash from

be wrong for justices to act politically. But his non sequitur solution is to render the Supreme Court wholly political by making the justices subject to appointment by the governor and the Senate.

In other words, “political” judges are those he disagrees with (i.e., “bad”), but judges he agrees with (i.e., “good” ) would not be acting politically.

Really. He did.

During a hearing on the judicial branch budget, Rep. Jerry Lunn (R-

A similar effort couldn’t get 50 percent support from landowners in GWMD No. 1. And even if it had, what would it have gained?

During the recent KWO meeting, Welsh said that he was informed by the Kansas Geological Survey that in order to maintain the Ogallala at its existing level, irrigation usage would have to be reduced by 70-75 percent.

And we’re nibbling around the edges with talk of 20 percent. And do we really expect the Governor’s Water Conference to recommend . . . let alone

mandate . . . anything close to a 70 percent reduction in irrigation?

If there is an issue that’s more important to the future of Western Kansas, we’d like to know what it is.

Yet here we are, trying to determine if conservation should be a top priority. We’re gathering recommendations. We seek voluntary water reduction.

And we talk about developing a 50-year plan for a resource that won’t last that long.

After all, what’s the rush?

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two-thirds of Democrats, and at least 60 percent of moderates and independents all favored a deal.

Even Republicans - divided more or less evenly - are far more supportive than their party’s warmongering members of Congress.

What’s next?

To ensure the agreement holds, it will be crucial for supporters of diplomacy to mobilize that public support, strengthen the backbone of wavering members of Congress, challenge Rod Haxton can be reached extremist positions in the media, and most of all, at editor@screcord.com warn all Americans of the consequences of failure.

Diplomacy defeated war in Lausanne. Now we’ve got to protect the peace.

Rand Paul joins crowded field who will never become president

by Andy Borowitz

LOUISVILLE (The Borowitz Report) - With an official announcement on his campaign Web site, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has joined a crowded field of people who will never be elected President in their lifetimes.

While Paul and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are the only officially announced Republican candidates with a zero-per-cent chance of ever winning the Presidency, a burgeoning roster of totally pointless candidacies is waiting in the wings.

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and neurosurgeon Ben Carson are just a few of the men thought to be considering squandering time and money pursuing an office that they will never occupy in a billion years.

On the Democratic side, only former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has stepped forward as someone who could only be elected to the White House in an alternate universe.

Minutes after his announcement, aides to Senator Paul said that they believed that he would emerge as the top choice of voters who are determined to waste their votes in 2016.

“There’s no one out there who has a more remote chance of being elected, unless Trump decides to run,” one aide said.

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism project at the Institute for Policy Studies

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You are - every time you pay higher state and local taxes as the federal government shifts responsibilities onto local jurisdictions, or when it imposes steeper fees for you to exercise your right to obtain a passport or enter a national park.

And that’s why America’s billionaires owe us all a thank you note this tax season.

Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good (www.inequality.org)

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Overland Park) threatened a district court judge that a court order to spend more on education could lead to funding cuts for the courts.

If Brownback and his legislators think the court should butt out of school finance, they have a direct - if terribly unwise - option: propose amending the requirement for “suitable provision” out of the constitution and ask Kansas voters to approve.

Surely that would lead those legislators and the governor to a new experience: hearing the real “will of the people” loud and clear. And that’s why they won’t do it, but will continue to rely on delusional rhetoric and hints of defiance and constitutional crisis.

Davis Merritt, a Wichita journalist and author, can be reached at dmerritt9@cox.net

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Earth Day 2015

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Taking a green approach to laundry day in your home

There are several ways to save energy and water in the laundry room, from careful selection of your machines to using cold water.

Here are some tips to green your laundry:

The Department of Energy estimates that up to 90 percent of the cost of doing laundry (in an older top-loader) comes not from electricity running the machine, but from running the water heater.

Wash in Cold Water If you only choose one of these tips, choose this one! Washing in cold water will save you cash, and still get your clothesclean.

Dry Clothes on the Line It isn’t always convenient, but line-drying your clothes can save you about $85 a year. That’s the average cost of running a clothes dryer.

Environment Quiz 1) What generally accounts for the greatest use of household water? ___ Washing machine ___ Dishwasher ___ Shower ___ Landscaping 2) How many gallons does the average washing machine use per load? ___ 8 ___ 25 ___ 41 ___ 64

Line-drying also preserves clothing, as lint is made up of the fibers beat out of clothing during machine drying.

Run Full Loads It sounds obvious, but if you only run your washing machine and clothes dryer when they are full, you’ll save in the long run.

Also, check your clothes washer settings.

Try quick cycles to reduce

Energy Star clothes washers use half the water and a fraction of the electricity; plus, they typically have a bigger capacity, so you can get away with doing fewer loads.

The average new Energy Starwasher costs Upgrade Washing Machine just $60 to run annually.

We don’t think about it, but the average household Homemade Products does about 300 loads of Using homemade launlaundry a year, and each dry products are healthier of those loads adds to our than chemical laden alterelectricity and water bills. natives and also reduce

washtimes and high-spin modes to reduce the need for drying.

And don’t forget to remove lint from the filter in between every load to keep your machine running efficiently.

the amount of waste going to our landfills.

Stain removers: before washing, try soaking the stain with water mixed with Borax, lemon juice, hydrogenperoxide or white vinegar.

Bleach alternative: add a half cup of lemon juice or a half cup of lemon juice to the rinse cycle of a medium load of whites.

Fabric softeners: add a quarter cup of baking soda to the wash cycle.

Simple Recycling makes economic sense Recycling a ton of ate $135 more in sales phones we recycle, 35 steps to ‘waste’ has twice the eco- than disposing of it in a thousand pounds of copnomic impact of burying landfill. per, 772 pounds of silver, Recycling one million 75 pounds of gold, and 33 reduce your it in the ground.

In addition, recycling laptops saves the energy pounds of palladium can additional ton of equivalent to the elec- be recovered. energy costs one * * * waste will pay $101 more tricity used by more than

One reason for high Over 75% of waste is in salaries and wages, pro- 3,500 U.S. homes in a energy bills is an increase recyclable, but we only duce $275 more in goods year. in the price of electricity. and services, and generFor every million cell recycle about 30% of it.

However, it is common to trace high energy bills to an in-efficient component 3) Taking a bath saves more water than taking a shower? (windows, heating and ___ Yes cooling equipment, ducts ___ No insulation) in your home 4) How many gallons of water are wasted in an average or a failure of one of these home each year due to leaky household pipes? components to perform as ___ 3,000 gallons intended. ___ 5,000 gallons It is not always easy to ___ 9,000 gallons pin-point the problem, but ___ 11,000 gallons fixing it can make your 5) How much energy from a coal power plant makes it to home more energy-efficonsumers as electricity? cient and comfortable. ___ ___ ___ ___

25% 33% 50% 66%

6) Top freezer refrigerators are more efficient than sideby-sides? ___ True ___ False 7) Which of the following uses the least amount of energy? ___ Stove ___ Toaster oven ___ Microwave ___ Refrigerator 8) Which saves more water? ___ Washing dishes by hand ___ Using a dishwasher 9) When you go shopping which should you choose? ___ Paper ___ Plastic ___ Bring your own bag 10) Which electronic devices consume the most power while in standby mode? ___ TV ___ Multi-function printer ___ Laptop computer ___ DVR with a digital cable box Answers 1) Up to 50% of household water consumption goes toward outdoor use and an estimated 50% of that is lost to evaporation or runoff from overwatering.

2) 41. High-efficiency machines can use less than 30 gallons per load. If you are still using an older washer, you can save water by washing full loads of laundry and using the appropriate load size setting.

3) False. It usually takes about 70 gallons to fill a bathtub while a five minute shower uses 10 to 25 gallons.

4) 11,000 gallons. According to the EPA, leaky pipes waste enough water each year for every household to fill up a backyard swimming pool. Toilets and faucets are the primary culprits.

5) 33%. A very efficient type of natural gas plant, called combined cycle, typically converts about 40% of the fuel into electricity with advanced units capable of 60% efficiency.

6) According to the U.S. Energy Star program, models with top-mounted freezers use 10-25 percent less energy than bottom-mounts or side-by-side models.

7) Microwaves use 85% less energy than a conventional cooktop and almost one-third of the energy used by a toaster oven.

8) Hand washing dishes can actually take up to 50% more water than a water-saving, energy-efficient dishwasher.

An Energy-Star rated model is 41% more efficient than the federal standard.

9) Bring your own. In the U.S., petroleum-based plastic bags consume about 12 million barrels of oil annually. And many are not recycled, meaning they end up in trees and waterways. Paper bags take four times as much energy to produce as plastic bags and they generate 70% more pollution during their manufacture.

10) DVR. It consumes about 43 watts when turned off but still plugged in.

Prescription Checklist: To improve the energy efficiency of your home start with the Home Improvement Tools (http://www.ene r g y s t a r. g o v / i n d e x . cfm?fuseaction=HOME_ ENERGY_YARDSTICK. showGetStarted) to score your home’s energy use and generate a customized list of improvement. You will need one year of your utility bills handy.

Improvements may include sealing air leaks, adding insulation (home sealing) or sealing duct air leaks. Some of these you can do yourself.

Turn down the temperature on your water heater to 120 degrees.

Replace the light bulbs in your highest usage lights with Energy Star CFL bulbs.

When replacing lighting or appliances look for Energy Star qualified light fixtures and appliances Install a programmable thermostat, and use it to save energy while you are away at work.

Contact your utility company and ask if they offer any programs to help lower energy bills.

Earth Day 2015

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Taking a green approach to your annual spring cleaning Spring cleaning is your chance to get rid of all the dust, dirt and clutter that has accumulated over the winter. This year, it will be easy to keep your scrubdown as green as possible with these tips:

could serve a purpose you haven’t thought of before: Can you take the frames off those paintings and use them elsewhere? See if any of what you have can save you from buying something else.

Reduce The first step to fighting messes is getting rid of all that stuff you never use. Go through all the places where it accumulates.

Try closets, junk drawers, out-of-reach shelves, attics and basements, and any other place where you’re inclined to toss stuff.

Separate out what you really will use someday from what you never will.

Donate Once you’ve taken stock of what you can use, separate out items that someone else might need. This includes dishes, kitchen gadgets, clothes, books, magazines, toys and home décor.

All of these items could find a second life and can be donated to your local Goodwill or Salvation Army store. Your house will be less cluttered and someone else will appreciate the item.

Reuse Now you have a pile that you’re ready to get rid of, but don’t just trash it.

First, go through and see if any of those items

Recycle Once you’ve exhausted all the other options, it’s time to recycle.

Take a second look at your trash. Did you clean

out the fridge? Find a compost pile. Get rid of old electronics, from cell phones to VCRs to ancient computers, by passing them off to retailers with a recycling program or to an electronics recycler.

Metal, such as old shelving or cans can be recycled. Check to see if any plastic in your pile could be recycled. You can find places to take all these items at Kansas Recycles.

Cleaning Supplies Cleaning products are loaded with strong, artificial colors and fragrances and harsh cleansing agents like bleach, ammonia and acids.

These chemicals can produce indoor air pollution by off-gassing toxic fumes that can irritate eyes and lungs, especially in children and pets. Try some simple D-I-Y recipes.

No matter how green your sprays and scrubs may be, if you use an entire roll of paper towels to scrub your bathroom, that is not exactly ecofriendly cleaning. And when you’re looking at a project as big as this one, you’ll want to leave little to no waste in your wake.

Trade paper towels for reusable microfiber cloths or sponges.

Plan Ahead If you keep these tips in mind all year, then your spring cleaning will be that much easier.

Don’t let stuff accumulate in your home; don’t buy things you don’t need; and don’t be shy about returning gifts you won’t ever use. Take advantage of the seasons to edit your collections and donate or sell goods.

Thinking green throughout the year will put you ahead of the game come next spring.

Ensure proper disposal of household hazardous waste Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) is the material left over when you’re finished with a product containing hazardous substances. Some of the more common products that result in HHW include: •Insecticides.

•Pesticides and herbicides.

•Paint, paint strippers, paint thinners and turpentine.

•Antifreeze, motor oil, batteries, gasoline, car wax and polish.

•Oven cleaners, furniture polish, mothballs, spot removers, drain cleaners and silver polish.

The proper disposal of HHW is a major environmental and health issue for every Kansan. HHW should not be simply dumped down the sink inside or the storm drain outside.

Wastewater treatment plants are not designed to handle it.

Most of our homes contain many chemical-based household products used for cleaning, painting or maintaining our houses and yards. Maybe it’s the drain cleaner under the sink.

It could even be the old paint in the basement left over from that remodeling project a few years back.

While these materials can be safe when used correctly and stored appropriately, improper use, storage and disposal of HHW pose a number of risks and dangers. When HHW ends up in household trash or is poured down sinks or storm drains, it not only endangers our health and safety, but it also poses risks for our communities, wildlife and the environment.

While small amounts of HHW in your home may seem like a minor concern, when thousands of other homes across Kansas are

HHW collection programs instead. If you choose to put it in the trash, please ensure it is properly sealed to avoid exposure or release of the chemical.

Visit Kansas Recycles Proper Disposal Most Kansas communi- to find a HHW facility ties have access to HHW near you. collection programs, which allow materials to How can I reduce it?

Read labels carefully. be recycled or properly disposed. In addition to Avoid buying products holding one-day collec- with labels containing the tion events and establish- words: danger, warning, ing permanent collection flammable, explosive, corfacilities, many Kansas rosive, caustic, toxic or counties have regional poison. programs.

Use safer products With this approach, whenever possible. There the participating counties are a number of recipes typically share joint own- available to make your ership of a mobile trailer own safer alternatives.

Buy only as much as used for temporary collection events. The HHW is you need for the job at then transported back to a hand. Share what you permitted facility until it can’t use or don’t need can be properly disposed. any more with a friend or Although it is legal to neighbor. dispose of HHW in the Recycle what you can trash, KDHE encourag- such as motor oil and auto es participation in these batteries. using similar products, it becomes a major issue if all those hazardous materials are improperly handled, stored or discarded.

Enjoy an eco-friendly BBQ Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day are the most popular days to cook outside on the grill. Eight out of 10 U.S. households own a grill or smoker and half use it more than four times a month.

On the Fourth of July alone, at least 60 million people grill up a holiday meal.

Here are some tips on how to green your backyard BBQ: •Serve meals on reusable plates and utensils.

Washable linens and napkins can also be used rather than plastic or paper products.

•If you’re hosting a large gathering and don’t have enough plates and silverware, opt for compostable dishes and utensils made from renewable resources such as corn, potato starch and some recycled materials.

•Plan a menu based on sustainable food choices.

That means buying local or organic foods where possible, everything from produce to meats, fish and desserts. This supports the regional economy in the process.

•Fill up pitchers of water, homemade lemonade and iced tea instead of buying huge quantities

of personal-sized beverage containers. Provide markers at the drink counter so people can write their names on their cups to prevent the use of more than one.

•Encourage recycling by putting out easily identifiable bins. You’ll find fewer bottles and cans smeared with ketchup in the garbage.

•Gas, propane or electric grills aren’t perfect, but will burn more efficiently and cleaner than charcoal or wood. If you have a charcoal grill, favor burning natural lumps over briquettes and burn only the amount you need.

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were that the storm would go north of us and into Lane County,” Turpin says. “I don’t know if they were caught by surprise or what, but it would have been nice to have some warning.

“The only way I knew what was going on was from hearing the law enforcement guys talking back and forth.”

Co-op Elevator The Co-op elevator at Shallow Water sustained damage to three steel storage bins in which the top had partially collapsed. Taking the biggest hit, however, was a grain conveyer and a 140-foot leg that was twisted between two of the huge storage bins.

As a safety precaution, a perimeter has been established around the site to prevent anyone from entering.

“We aren’t sure how stable the leg is. We’ve also disconnected the electricity,” says Co-op Manager Gary Friesen.

The elevator is currently unable to load or unload grain at the site.

“We have another leg that will continue to allow us to operate, but it’s the high capacity leg that’s out of commission.

That’s our workhorse during harvest,” Friesen says.

Getting the leg replaced as quickly as possible is a priority.

Friesen says they’ve been told it could take 20 weeks to replace the equipment. They are looking at another option that could result in acquiring a replacement leg in 12 weeks. After that, it will take about 30 days to get it installed.

“That would push us up against (wheat) harvest,” noted Friesen.

“We are making alternate plans if we don’t have the leg to handle our customer’s grain handling needs.”

Livestock Injured Of Heinrich’s four horses, only one sustained significant injury.

Debris had sliced a big gash in the neck of the horse which required 45 stitches to close.

In addition to the three

(Above) A 140-foot grain handling leg sustained major damage at the Scott Co-op elevator in Shallow Water. (Below) The tin roof on a pony hut was peeled back by the winds.

horses in a pen, a pony was in a smaller hut that was destroyed. The metal roof had been peeled back with huge pieces thrusting into the air.

“About 10 feet from the barn was a trailer with four alfalfa bales and they weren’t touched.

Next to them were four big round bales and they were moved about 80 feet to the west, which is the opposite direction

the wind was blowing,” notes Heinrich. “I don’t see how that can happen with a straight-line wind.

“We’re just grateful the horses were able to survive whatever it was.”

Heinrich said there were other signs of the strange way in which Mother Nature was unleashing its force.

“There were some bizarre things. Grandpa (Guy) Stewart had a dog

kennel that’s a small, tin building and it was untouched. It was pretty strange to see how things like that weren’t disturbed, but a barn could be demolished and 70-pound bales could be moved around.”

Likewise, a pickup, trailer and school bus lost their windows in the storm while another nearby vehicle escaped damage.

A barn located near the White Woman, north of Shallow Water, that was more than 100 years old collapsed during the storm which had wind speeds clocked at more than 110 mph.

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creepy, crawly, squirmy

Wheatland to award $10,000 in scholarships Wheatland Electric will announce the winners of its inaugural scholarship program at its 67th annual meeting on April 15 in Syracuse.

The cooperative will give away $10,000 in scholarships. Recipients will be judged on their academic performance, school activities, career goals and a 1,000 word essay.

The Wheatland board of trustees voted to make one $1,000 scholarship available to each of the high schools in Wheatland’s service territory. Eligible high schools include: Argonia, Caldwell, Chaparral, Conway Springs, Deerfield, Great Bend, Greeley County, Holcomb, Norwich, Scott City, South Haven, Syracuse and Wichita County.

Scholarship recipients will be the children of Wheatland Electric members.

USD 466 menus

Scott City Elementary School first and second graders presented their spring musical, “Squirm,” on Thursday with matinee and evening peformances. (Above) The bats were even frightened when there was talk about spiders. Pictured (front row, from left) are Kendall Gentry, Breven Vulgamore and Jacob Harris. (Middle row) Camren LaPlant and Alexis Armendariz. (Back row) Brooklyn Smith, Camden Vulgamore and Lexi Schwindt.

(Below) The snake slithers its way through the SCES gym, including (front to back) Eli Lisenby, Alex Tarango, Ashlyn Pazdernik, Brooks Bailey and Oscar Mendez.

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Week of April 13-17 Breakfast Monday: Whole grain cereal, yogurt cup, apricots, fruit juice.

Tuesday: Biscuit and gravy, peaches, fruit juice.

Wednesday: Scrumptious coffee cake, applesauce, fruit juice.

Thursday: Breakfast quesadilla and salsa, pears, fruit juice.

Friday: French toast sticks, fruit cup, fruit juice.

Lunch Monday: Spaghetti and meat sauce, *chicken nuggets, french bread, cooked carrots, baked apples.

Tuesday: Burritos, *egg rolls, fried rice, Italian blend vegetables, Tropical fruit.

Wednesday: Hamburger on a bun, *chicken gorditas, seasoned potato wedges, lettuce, tomato and pickles, watermelon.

Thursday: Enchiladas, *fish sticks, chips and salsa, peas and carrots, pears.

Friday: Pizza quesadilla, *tuna sandwich, tater tots, winter blend, pineapple rings. *second choice at SCMS and SCHS

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USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., April 13 • 7:00 p.m.

Administration Building • 704 College •Presentations •Comments from public •Recognition of persons/delegations present 1) High Plains Co-op - Eric Erven 2) NW Ks. Tech. College - Mark Davis 3) Administrative reports 4) Additional •Financials 1) Treasurer’s report 2) Bills payable 3) Transfers (if needed)

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 9, 2015; last published Thurs., April 16, 2015)2t NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES To all persons concerned: You are here hereby notified that the following abandoned and impounded motor vehicle will be sold at public auction by the Scott County Sheriff at the Scott County Courthouse, 303 Court, Scott City, Kansas, on Tues., April 28, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., unless the owner of the vehicle, within 10 days of the second publication thereof, claims such vehicle and pays all removal and storage charges and publication costs incurred by the Scott County Sheriff.

Make 2011 GMC

Model Pickup

Serial Number VIN#1GT121CG7BF237517

Owner Frank Rebarchek

Dated: April 7, 2015

•Consent agenda 1) Approve previous minutes •Consider items pulled from consent agenda New business 1) Purchase of mower 2) KASB policy update 3) Strategic energy plan update 4) Student handbooks 5) Technology plan •Executive session 1) Non-elected personnel •Resignations/hires •Executive session 1) Negotiations •Adjournment

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department March 3: A burglary was reported at Western Bearing and Belt.

April 2: A report was taken of an aggravated battery in the 300 block of South Main.

April 4: Jean Wells, driving a 2012 Lincoln, was attempting to park at Heartland Foods when she hit the accelerator instead of the brake, striking a parked 1996 Buick owned by Mary Thornton. That vehicle was pushed into a parked 1995 Nissan owned by Preston Wright.

April 6: A report of criminal damage to property was taken in the 1400 block of College Street.

April 7: Alec Malchow, 20, was arrested for possession of an opiate/narcotic/certain stimulant and transported to the LEC. Scott County Sheriff’s Department April 1: Victor Fry, 33, was arrested on a Scott City municipal warrant and transported to the LEC. April 1: Kandice Lauber, 25, turned herself in at the LEC on a Scott County warrant.

April 2: Lane-Scott Electric reported a theft at 5000 N. Taos Road.

April 2: An accident occurred on US83 Highway (MP 100) when one vehicle rear-ended another which was slowing down and pulling over to the shoulder of the highway due to reduced visibility from blowing dirt.

April 6: A report of lost property was taken at South Cherokee Road.

April 7: Kristina Poss, driving a 2011 Chevrolet, was northbound on US83 Highway when she struck and killed a cow at MP 121.2.

April 7: Randy Lemman, driving a 2004 Oldsmobile, rear-ended a trailer being pulled by a 2013 Ford which was driven by Mark Hill. Both vehicles were traveling southbound and Hill pulled over to the shoulder on US83 Highway (MP 101) due to blowing dirt which limited visibility.

April 7: A report of theft of property and criminal trespass was taken at 1900 South US83 Highway.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 2, 2015; last published Thurs., April 16, 2015)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GREG B. HELMERS, deceased Case No. 2015-PR-03 AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS You are hereby notified that on the 6TH day of March, 2015, a Petition was filed in this Court by Linda D. Helmers, an heir of Greg B. Helmers, deceased, praying: That descent be determined of the following described real property owned by the decedent: An undivided one-half interest in and to: Lot Five (5), Block Three (3), C.A. Steele & Sons 3rd

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Addition to the City of Scott City, Scott County, Kansas and all other real and personal property owned by decedent at the time of his death.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 23rd day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. s/s Linda D. Helmers Petitioner WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main Street P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas, 67871 Attorneys for Petitioner

Friendship ‘Meals to Go’ available from the VIP Center Individual frozen/sealed trays • Good for special diets only $3.25/meal • Call 872-3501

Glenn Anderson Scott County Sheriff 301 Court Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-5805

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Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 9, 2015)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1164 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE TEN, CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION FOUR, OF THE CODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS RELATING TO ZONING, CONDITIONAL USES IN AG AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, USES AND ACTIVITIES AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, SECTION I: Title 10, Chapter 5, Section 4 is hereby amended to read as follows: 10-5-4: CONDITIONAL USES: The following uses may be permitted subject to procedures listed in section 10-3-3 of this title: Airport and aviation field; crop spraying facility.

Childcare for Seven (7) persons or more. Included in this category are the following types of daycare operations as defined by the state of Kansas: family daycare homes, licensed; group daycare homes; childcare centers and preschools.

Commercial sale and storage of agricultural fuels, feeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides; fuels-bulk storage.

Communication towers greater than one hundred feet (100’) in height, subject to the provisions of section 10-9-3 of this title.

Consignment auction facilities.

Construction equipment yards and machinery stor-

age.

Correctional facility, public or private.

Farm implement and equipment, automobile, motor vehicle and truck sales and service.

Flea markets and open air used goods sales.

Kennels (5 or more animals) for breeding, boarding and or sale.

Livestock sales facilities; rodeo or fairgrounds.

Private construction debris landfills (requires state of Kansas permit).

Quarries; gravel extraction, mining.

Recreation facilities: gun clubs; skeet and sporting clay ranges; shooting ranges; controlled wildlife shooting areas.

Recycling and salvage facilities, subject to the provisions of section 10-9-7 of this title.

Sanitary landfill, subject to state requirements.

Travel camper and recreational vehicle parks including accessory commercial and residential uses.

SECTION II: The existing Title 10, Chapter 5, Section 4 of the Codification of Ordinances of Scott City, Kansas is repealed.

SECTION III: This ordinance shall take effect and be of force from and after its passage and publication in the official city paper.

Passed by the council the 6th day of April, 2015.

Attest: City of Scott City, Kansas Dan Goodman, Mayor Brenda K. Davis, MMC City Clerk

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 9, 2015)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1163 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF A ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE CITY CODE, ORDINANCE NO. 1011, TITLE 10, CHAPTER 3.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS: SECTION 1. The boundaries of the District Zoning Map, as amended or changed, is further amended and changed insofar as it relates to the following described property, to wit: Lots One (1) thru Five (5) and Six (6) thru Ten (10) in Block Six (6); Lots One (1)

thru Five (5) and Six (6) thru Ten (10) in Block Nine (9); Lots One (1) thru Five (5) and Six (6) thru Ten (10) in Block ten (10); and Lots Six (6) thru Eighteen (18) in Block Thirteen (13), All in Eastridge Subdivision to the City.

By changing the classification of said property from R-1 Single Family Residential District to R-2 Two Family Residential District.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and publication in the official city paper.

Passed by the Council this 6th day of April, 2015.

Attest: City of Scott City, Kansas Dan Goodman, Mayor Brenda Davis, MMC City Clerk

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 9, 2015; last published Thurs., April 16, 2015)2t Notice USD 466 Scott County, Scott City, Ks, is requesting qualified providers to propose solutions for a strategic energy management and maintenance program. These proposals may include implementation of energy, equipment and repair, modernization, maintenance and training services in District buildings.

The District’s objective in issuing this Request for Proposals is to provide a competitive means in which to select a single Qualified Provider with whom to negotiate a final contract. The Board of Education may elect to implement the improvement measures in phases pursuant to the final contract. The work to be included in the final contract may include maintenance and upgrades to or replacement of equipment included in, but would not be limited to, the following systems: lighting, heating, air conditioning, temperature control, mechanical, Facility Management, domestic water, security, fire alarm, doors, windows and roofs.

Proposals shall be received in the office of Mr. Jamie Rumford, Superintendent, USD 466 Scott County, Ks., 704 S. College, Scott City, Ks. 67871, (620-872-7600) no later than 2:00 p.m., May 1, 2015. The sealed proposals will be publicly opened at that time and the contents will be announced. USD 466 Scott County will assess the proposals based on the selection criteria identified in the Request for Proposal document.

A pre-proposal conference is scheduled for 9:00 a.m., Thursday, April 16, 2015, at the district office. Attendance at the pre-proposal conference is mandatory.

Interested providers may secure additional information from Mr. Jamie Rumford, Superintendent, USD 466 Scott County, 704 S. College, Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 9, 2015)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1161 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE NINE, CHAPTER ONE, SECTION SIX AND SEVEN, OF THE CODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS RELATING TO DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, SECTION I: Title 9, Chapter 1, Sections 6 and 7 are hereby amended to read as follows: 9-1-6: DEMOLISHING, ALTERING OR MOVING; PERMIT, FEE REQUIRED: No demolishing, moving or other alterations of any building within the city limits shall be commenced without first obtaining a permit therefor from the city clerk in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per structure to be demolished, removed or substantial alterations made thereto, along with a certificate of insurance showing that said person is insured for the demolishing, removing or substantial alterations of a building, in the amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), insuring the city for any damage as a result of demolition, moving or substantially altering any building within the city limits.

(1983 Code § 3-113).

9-1-7: PENALTY: Unless otherwise provided in the building code, adopted by the city in section 9-1-1 of this chapter, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code.

SECTION II: The existing Title 9, Chapter 1, Sections 6 and 7 of the Codification of Ordinances of Scott City, Kansas is repealed.

SECTION III: This ordinance shall take effect and be of force from and after its passage and publication in the official city paper.

Passed by the council the 20 day of October, 2014.

ATTEST: City of Scott City, Kansas Dan Goodman, Mayor Brenda K. Davis, MMC

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 9, 2015)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1162 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE SEVEN, CHAPTER ONE, SECTION THREE P. OF THE CODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS RELATING TO DRIVEWAYS AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, SECTION I: Title 7, Chapter 1, Sections 3 P is hereby amended to read as follows: P: Curb Cuts For Driveways: 1. Residential: Residential curb cutting width not to exceed thirty-six feet (36’), 2. Commercial: Commercial curb cutting width not to exceed fifty feet (50’), The above requirements may be waived upon application to the engineer for the City and showing of good cause as defined by good engineering practices.

SECTION II: The existing Title 7, Chapter 1, Sections 3 P of the Codification of Ordinances of Scott City, Kansas is repealed.

SECTION III: This ordinance shall take effect and be of force from and after its passage and publication in the official city paper.

Passed by the council the 20 day of October, 2014.

Attest: City of Scott City, Kansas Dan Goodman, Mayor Brenda K. Davis, MMC

Gun, Coin, Antique and Household

Saturday, April 18 • 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, February 2 • 11:00 a.m. Location: William Carpenter 4-H Building, north edge of Scott City

Larry Schmalzried - Owner

Guns Savage Model 110 rifle, 270 Win cal. with scope Savage Model 93R17 rifle 17HMR cal. with scope Winchester Model 74 rifle 22 cal., semiauto Remington Model 34 rifle, 22 cal., bolt action Kessler Fire Arms 16 gauge shot gun, bolt action Hercules Montgomery Ward 12 gauge shot gun, single shot Power Muscle model 66 BB gun Several boxes of 16 gauge and 22 cal. ammunition Antique Furniture Iron regular size bed, white and brass Oak side board with mirror Oak drop front secretary with side hutch Waterfall 4-drawer chest with matching vanity Round oak dining table with claw feet Oak wash stand with towel bar Oak 2-drawer dresser with mirror Waterfall cedar chest Old straight chairs 2-Brown iron regular size beds Furniture and Appliances Brown loveseat with recliners and matching recliner

Handmade oak telephone stand Curio cabinet Amana upright freezer Antique and Collectibles Glass baskets Hens on nest Salt and Pepper shakers Several pieces of carnival glass Miniature hens on the nest Westminster mantle clock, key wind Vaseline glass-berry set, creamer and sugar, 2-covered dishes Crystal bowls Miniature creamers Toothpicks Glass hat Old bridge lamp Pocket knives Harmonica Pocket watches Jewelry, turquoise and silver bracelet marked SHUSH Kerosene lamp collection, one Lincoln drape with shade Miniature kerosene lamps Cast iron sheep herders stove Shoe last Large brass hand bell Brass cherub candle sticks Model-A coils Wash board Tobacco tin Old jars Sad irons Dolls Old water cans

Copper boiler Child’s tin toy stove Coleman gas lights 15-car replicas by National Motor mint DAV key chain license tags Quilt tops Old thread cabinet Collectible glass Old electric lamps Wooden sled Rosaries Coins 1878--1882--18831884 Carson City Morgan Dollars (AU) Morgan Dollars (AU) 1878,1880,1881, 1882,1885,1886, 1887,1888,1889, 1897,1900,1921 150-Morgan and Peace Dollars 28-Silver eagles Walking Liberty and Franklin half dollars, Seated dimes-1889, 1888,1886,1887,1838 Barber dimes-1900, 1906,1914,1916 Mercury dimes Roosevelt silver dimes Indian head pennies Buffalo nickels Jefferson nickels V-nickels Silver certificates $1.00 $2.00 dollar red seal bills 40-proof sets 1999 thru 2005 Kennedy halves Presidential commerative dollar coins

1849 Liberty head double eagle replica, 24 kt. gold, 32 grams 1933 Gold double eagle replica proof, 24 kt. gold, 32 grams 1929 Indian head half eagle replica, 24 kt. gold, 32 grams Forgiven coins Several frames of commemorative and type coins Silver ingots Sales tokens Most coins are in excellent condition Tools and Shop Items Hand saws Hand tools Electric hand planner Makita cordless drill Craftsman 19.2 volt cordless drill Chicago reciprocating saw Shovels, rakes, hoe, etc.

Crow bars Nails and screws Drill bits Table saw bench model Craftsman electric chain saw Other Items 2-Electric Jazzy mobility scooters Wheel chair Exercise bike Pots and pans Bedding Lamps and end tables Many other items

Terms: Lunch Served. Valid ID required to register! Cash or approved check day of sale. Everything sold as is. No warranties expressed or implied. Not responsible for theft or accident. Announcements day of sale take precedence over printed material. Check us out: www.berningauction.com and facebook

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‘Big C’ is big business in Kansas City area

help them access affordable drugs for the poor to generate enormous profhave raised alarms about its.

“This is a cash cow,” cancer’s ever-growing business side. Of particu- she says. lar concern to watchdogs are one-sided advertising The Numbers The American Cancer messages, potential conSociety says that nearly flicts of interest in radiology and the huge profits half of all males and nearly to be made from oncology a third of all females in the United States will develop drugs.

Rena Conti, an assis- cancer. The International tant professor of health Agency for Research in policy at the University of Cancer projects there will Chicago, has zeroed in on be 21.4 million cancer the little-known “340B” cases worldwide in 2030, program, named after or nearly double the numa provision in the fed- ber in 2008.

Of the nearly 600,000 eral 1992 Public Health people the ACS estimates Service Act. Critics like Conti con- will die in the United tend hospitals are exploit- States this year from caning a program meant to (See CANCER on page 15)

Andy Marso KHI News Service

Oncology programs expand with aging population

The 40-mile stretch of highway between Olathe and Liberty, Mo., is a key artery in the region’s health care system, bookended by community hospitals and passing a few more medical centers along the way.

Yet this part of Interstate 35 is quickly becoming something more: a cancer treatment corridor, dotted with expanding oncology programs and bordering even more in the urban core of Kansas City, Mo., and in the suburbs on both sides of the state line.

The region has, in fact, experienced bumper-tobumper developments in

its cancer care marketplace during a remarkable four-year run - punctuated by three major announcements in late January and early February.

The 48-month span also included the University of Kansas Cancer Center’s much ballyhooed recognition, in July 2012, as a federally designated center through the National Cancer Institute.

“There is definitely a lot of activity going on in Kansas City,” says John Myers, regional vice president for oncology at HCA Midwest Health.

Global cancer trends are clearly playing out

Don’t feel trapped in abusive relationship by the American Counseling Association

Relationship abuse is more common than most people realize. The National Domestic Violence Hotline reports that as many as 12 million women and men in the U.S. were the victims of such abuse last year.

Reportedly, about 1-in-4 women, and 1-in-7 men, aged 18 or older, will have suffered severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. And psychological aggression by an intimate partner will be experienced by almost half of both men and women during their lives.

Why do people stay in relationships where abuse, whether physical or psychological, is taking place?

There are numerous reasons. It may be fear of what will happen if the decision is made to leave the relationship. Or it might be that the abused person has been put down so often that their low self-esteem has them believing the abuse is their own fault.

For someone who has come from a troubled family, he or she may not be able to recognize the difference between an abusive relationship and a healthy one. The abuse may simply seem normal.

Embarrassment is another reason for not escaping an abusive relationship. The abused person may find it hard to admit that they’ve been abused, may worry that friends and family will judge them, and may even feel that they’ve done something wrong by being involved with an abusive person.

Even for someone who wants to leave, doing so can be difficult. The person may have little or no money of their own. They may have no place to go or know where to find help. Children may be involved.

Fortunately, today, there is a wider recognition of the abuse problem, and a number of agencies willing to offer support and shelter. The National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233) is one place that offers confidential information, support and resources for victims of abuse.

They also offer assistance for someone who recognizes that his or her behaviors may be harmful or unhealthy to a partner.

If you are in an abusive relationship, call the Hotline for advice and help. And if you know of a friend or family member who may be the victim in an abusive relationship, let her or him know that you’re there to listen and be supportive, without being judgmental.

Let them know that there are options and encourage them to get help before their situation gets worse.

“Counseling Corner” is provided by the American Counseling Association. Visit the ACA website at counseling.org

locally. Cancer rates show no signs of abating anytime soon, and Dr. Roy Jensen, director of the KU Cancer Center, warns that the United States has the “makings of a very significant health care crisis” as the spike coincides with the expected wave of retirements among practicing caregivers.

Somewhat less clear is the role that money and potential profits play in the business-of-cancer calculus in the Kansas City region. Local health officials acknowledge that cancer care is part of a highly competitive marketplace but tend to avoid

talking about how oncology services contribute to their bottom lines.

Peggy Schmitt, president and CEO of North Kansas City Hospital, offers a typical response when asked about the financial implications of that institution’s partnership with the KU Cancer Center.

“We are a financially strong hospital,” she says.

“But as to getting into specifics and pulling pieces and parts, that is really beyond the scope that I am here to talk about.”

Government reports and academic research over the years, however,

Some states using Medicaid expansion to close budget gaps

As a legislative session focused on the Kansas budget problems winds to a close with no decision on Medicaid expansion, a new study says some states that have expanded eligibility have seen their budget situations improve.

The State Health Reform Assistance Network, a partnership of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Princeton University, studied the effects of Medicaid expansion on budgets in eight states.

The study found that those states realized about $1.8 billion in combined savings and new revenue from expanded Medicaid

eligibility.

The money came mostly from the federal government picking up a larger share of the health care costs for those newly eligible for comprehensive Medicaid coverage, which created state budget savings on programs that serve the uninsured, pregnant women and people with physical disabilities or mental health needs.

The states in the study - Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia - also gained new revenue by taxing insurance providers.

The study’s authors

concluded that in Arkansas and Kentucky, budget savings are expected to offset the states’ share of expansion costs through at least fiscal year 2021.

Kansas is one of 22 states that so far have declined to expand Medicaid eligibility under the federal Affordable Care Act since the expansion went into effect in 2014.

Expanding Medicaid access to Americans who make up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line was one of the cornerstones of the ACA, which President Barack Obama signed in 2010. Federal tax dollars fund 100 per-

cent of expansion from 2014 through 2016, before gradually stepping down to a 90-10 federal-state cost share. A 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision allowed states to decide whether they will participate in the expansion.

Little Movement Advocates of Medicaid expansion in Kansas - led by the state’s hospital association - made their strongest push yet this session and succeeded in getting a legislative hearing on the issue last month.

But there has been little movement since that hear(See GAPS on page 15)

Alzheimer’s, dementia program at St. Catherine’s on April 22 When the diagnosis is Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, grief doesn’t wait for death.

Grieving can begin in the doctor’s office when patients and families receive confirmation of illness.

Over a span of what may be a decade, multiple losses associated with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia become a pervasive part of everyday life for millions of patients, their families and friends.

After the death, survivors’ grief may be complicated by the nature of a lengthy disease process that has changed their relationship with the deceased.

Through a combination of candid, compelling interviews and live,

in studio discussion, experts will identify how medical and social service professionals can best help patients, families and themselves cope with loss and grief associated with these progressive illnesses.

St. Catherine Hospice will sponsor “The Longest Loss: Alzheimer’s Disease

and Dementia” The program will take place Wed., April 22, 1:00-4:00 p.m., in Classroom B at St. Catherine Hospital.

The program is open to the public and CE credits are available through Hospice Foundation of America.

There is no cost to be a part of the viewing and

a minimal cost if participants wish to purchase CE credits from HFA. For more information contact Gina Cash, Hospice Volunteer and Bereavement Coordinator, St. Catherine Hospital, 272-2519 (ext. 783106) or 800-281-4077; or by e-mail at ginacash@centura.org.

(See CREDIT on page 15)

(See CLINIC on page 13)

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Cancer cer, about three percent or 18,340 - are expected to be Missouri or Kansas residents. Both states closely track the nation as a whole in the incidence of specific cancers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As is the case nationwide, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women and prostate cancer among men in both states. Lung/ bronchus and colon/rectum cancers are the second and third most common, mirroring their prevalence nationwide.

One of the ironies of modern medicine, says Robert Town, a professor of health care management at the University of Pennsylvania, is that improvements in cardiovascular care are helping drive cancer rates.

“If it’s not a heart attack or heart failure” that kills you, he says, “it’s probably going to be cancer.”

That’s because aging is a risk factor for many kinds of cancers.

Local oncology officials say the sheer pervasiveness of the disease is a major reason for the rapid-fire buildup of treatment facilities in and around the region.

Jensen notes the 6,200 new cases that KU Cancer Center saw last year far exceeds the number at any other program in the

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ing, where a member of Gov. Sam Brownback’s Cabinet said expansion could cost the state more than $100 million annually.

Susan Mosier, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, also said the state should fully fund waiting lists for Kansans with disabilities seeking daily living support services before extending medical coverage to more low-income Kansans.

Brownback said at a recent news conference that he was still open to expansion and that talks with the Kansas Hospital Association continue.

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has allowed for Medicaid expansion revisions such as cost-sharing and premium assistance in states like Arkansas. But it has yet to approve any work requirements.

Brownback said he’s looking for a plan that can “thread the needle” between what the hospitals want, what his administration wants and what the Obama administration is willing to negotiate.

“That’s why we continue to meet,” Brownback said. “I don’t know if the administration will show any more flexibility. I don’t know what we can come up with for resources to be able to get our wait list down so we have money to be able to do it.

But if this is a possibility, let’s continue to see if it’s something that could work.”

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region. Yet, he says, they represent only about a quarter of the new diagnoses annually in its service area, which encompasses all of Kansas and 10 counties in western Missouri.

“Unfortunately, right now, there is enough business to go around,” says Becca Bell, executive director of oncology services at Shawnee Mission Health.

Geography Matters Health care providers say they’re responding to residents’ desire to have cancer treatment options close to home - even if that sets up a situation, as has occurred with Liberty and North Kansas City hospitals, where two programs that are minutes from each other on the interstate are both boosting their capacities.

But why wouldn’t someone in southern Johnson County want to bypass the new cancer center that Olathe Medical Center plans to build, drive right on past the Shawnee Mission Cancer Center and just go a little farther north to access the expertise of physicians at an NCI-designated center like the KU Cancer Center in Kansas City, Kan.?

One reason, says Dr. Tim Pluard, director of the Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, is that some cancer treatments require daily visits. Such patients

don’t need the stress of a commute to add to the anxiety that comes with dealing with the disease.

Saint Luke’s has a clinical affiliation agreement with Liberty Hospital to provide oncology service.

And one reason Liberty pursued the relationship, says CEO David Feess, is because feedback from community residents made it clear they wanted access to clinical trials offered by a larger system like Saint Luke’s.

“It came from many people in the community just simply asking, ‘Can you provide these type of services to our community, so we as patients and our families do not have to travel either somewhere else in the city or to places outside even of the Kansas City area?’”

Feess says.

Through clinical trials, patients have access to promising experimental drugs that have yet to make it all the way through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval process. These trials oftentimes represent last-ditch chances for patients who have not responded to conventional treatments.

Clinical trials are, in fact, a huge selling point for cancer care executives.

tinue to rise, the cost of its treatment shows no signs of abating either.

Consider: The cost of treating cancer in the United States will increase by 27 percent in this decade, up to nearly $160 billion in 2020, according to a study published four years ago in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

The median monthly treatment costs of cancer drugs have increased by 100 times in the past four decades, to about $10,000, according to a study by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Cancer-related diagnoses in Kansas accounted for three of the 10 most costly treatments in 2013, totaling $65.4 million, according to figures from a unique insurance database maintained by the state.

Unclear is the extent to which these health care dollars fall to providers’ bottom lines, and whether the expansion of cancer programs represents an effort to maintain market share in this highly profitable service line.

“It comes down to what place fits your needs.

Chemo is chemo. It does not matter where you go.

It is just the patient experience that is going to be different,” says Becca Bell, executive director Show Me the Money of oncology services at As cancer rates con- Shawnee Mission Health.

Pastime at Park Lane The PLNH staff was saddened by the death of Galen Steffens on May 3.

Galen was employed in the maintenance department for over 12 years.

We offer our sympathy to his family and friends.

The First Baptist Church led Sunday afternoon services.

Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Dorothy King, Mandy Barnett, Wanda Kirk and Joy Barnett.

Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

Pastor Bob Artz led Bible study on Tuesday morning. Doris Riner led the hymns.

Chet Quance, Dighton, provided Tuesday afternoon’s entertainment. He sang a variety of folk/ western songs and hymns.

Residents played trivia games on Tuesday.

CWF delivers May baskets

The Christian Womens Fellowship at the First Christian Church delivered May baskets to each resident on Wednesday afternoon.

Bands perform for residents

The Hit and Miss Band from the VIP Center performed on Thursday afternoon. Band members were Margie Stevens, Arlene Cauthon and Melody Stevens.

The Blue Steele Band performed on Thursday evening. Band members were Mike Steele, Keith Steele and Daniel Dunn.

Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning.

Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon. Helpers were Madeline Murphy, Barbara Hutchins, Tammy Turley and Mandy Barnett.

Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic Mass on Friday morning. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services in the afternoon.

Deaths

Sr. citizens lunch menu

Marc R. Kessler Marc R. Kessler, 61, died April 2, 2015, at his home in Scott County.

He was born on Oct. 12, 1953, in North Island, Calif., the son of Hilary and Donnis (Neuenschwander) Kessler. A resident of Scott County since 2007, moving from Oklahoma, he was a farmer.

Survivors include: his father and wife, Connie, Scott City; two sons, Kristopher Kessler, Hiawatha, and Jason Kessler, Denver, Colo.; one daughter, Jill Kessler, Denver,

Colo.; two sisters, Jana Harkness, Garden City, and Lori Montgomery, Atlanta, Ga.; and nine grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his mother and one son, Brent Kessler.

Memorial service was held April 7 at Price and Sons Funeral Home, Scott City.

Memorials may be made to Park Lane Nursing Home in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Edmund Gary Berndt Edmond Gary Berndt, 72, died March 31, 2015, in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

He was born on April 28, 1942, in Colby, the son of Edmond and Arlene (Gfeller) Berndt.

A resident of Upper Arlington for 35 years, moving from Edmonton, Okla., he was a managing annuity assets officer for Nationwide Insurance.

Edmond was a member of the Upper Arlington Lutheran Church and was very active working with Alcoholics Anonymous, helping recovering alcoholics.

Residents watched, Andy Griffith in “Aunt B’s Medicine Man” on Saturday afternoon. Popcorn was served.

Harold and Ruth White were visited by Travis Jones and Angela Gerstner.

Harriet Jones was visited by Travis Jones, Nancy Holt, Annabelle McDaniel, and Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church.

Survivors include: two nephews, Dale Manke and Kurt Manke, both of Bucklin.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Carolyn Manke.

Graveside service was held April 8 at the Scott County Cemetery with Rev. Warren Prochnow officiating.

Memorials may be made to the Edmond Berndt Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Week of April 13-17 Monday: Mexican chicken, green beans, black/corn/tomatoes, blueberry crisp.

Tuesday: Tuna salad, deli fixins, confetti cottage cheese, whole wheat bread, cinnamon apple slices.

Wednesday: Ham and beans or stew, tossed salad, cornbread, strawberries and pears.

Thursday: Grilled chicken with gravy, sweet potato fries, corn, whole wheat roll, fruit mix (mandarin oranges and marshmallows).

Friday: Barbeque beef sandwich, potato salad, copper penny salad, fruit cocktail. meals are $3.25 call 872-3501

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Dottie Fouquet was visited by Jon and Anne Crane, Fritzie Rauch, Norene Rohrbough, Adrian and Collier Livingstone, and Mark and Terri Fouquet.

Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton, Linda Dunagan, Larry Billings, and Delinda Dunagan.

Edith Norman was visited by Sara Shane, Sue Riner, Randy Ryan, Forest Gough, Doris Riner, Jan Norman and Kim Smith.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright, Arlene Cauthon, Treva McCandless, and Larry and Philene Pickett.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock.

Boots Haxton joined Rod and Kathy Haxton on Sunday for Easter dinner at their home.

by Jason Storm

Judy Redburn was visited by Wendy Derstine.

Albert Dean was visited by Carol Davey, Jean Burgess and Louise Crist.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler and Tracy Hess.

Jim and Yvonne Spangler were visited by Margie Stevens, Yvette Mills and Mary Ann Spangler.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Janet Ottaway from Hays.

Jake Leatherman was visited by Rod Leatherman and Garry Ratzlaff.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Vicki Dirks; J. Harvey and Mary Koehn, Andover; Dale Dirks, Garry Ratzlaff, Floyd and Vivian Dirks, and Rhonda Pyles.

Geraldine Graves was visited by Charlene Becht; and Kay, Tyler, Janet and Eli Soeken.

Earl Gorman was visited by Loretta Gorman, Charlene Becht and Orville Gorman.

Herb Graves was visited by Kelsi Schwartz, Tina Turley, Ron Hess and Emily Wright.

Mike Leach was visited by Linda Dunagan and Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church.

Corine Dean was visited by Mary Plum, Arlene Cauthon, Margie Stevens, Mandy Kropp, Diana Howard, Aaron Kropp, Ron Hess, Warren Kropp and Nikki Simmons.

Delores Brooks was visited by Elsie Nagel, Fritzi Rauch, Cheryl Perry and Charles Brooks.

Jim Jeffery was visited

by Pastor Dennis Carter.

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Pastor Dennis Carter, Roger and Jackie John, Larry LaPlant and Gloria O’Bleness.

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Someone stole your SS number?

It’s possible to apply for a new one Q) Someone stole my Social Security number, and it’s being used repeatedly.

Does Social Security issue new Social Security numbers to victims of repeated identity theft?

A) Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America, so you aren’t alone. If you’ve done all you can to identify and fix the problem, including contacting the Federal Trade Commission, but someone is still using your number, Social Security may assign you a new number.

If you decide to apply for a new number, you’ll need to prove your identity, age, and U.S. citizenship or immigration

Social Security Q and A status. You’ll also need to provide evidence you’re having ongoing problems because of the misuse of your current Social Security number.

You can read more about identity theft at www.socialsecurity.gov/ pubs. * * * Q) My father receives Supplemental Security Income. He recently moved, but he hasn’t reported his new address to Social Security yet.

What’s the easiest way to do that?

A) You can check your

address online by using your personal my Social Security account at www. socialsecurity.gov/myaccount. It is very important that Social Security has your father’s most up-to-date information, including any change in income, resources, or living arrangements.

This will guarantee that he is getting the benefit amount to which he is entitled. You can learn more about the rights and responsibilities of Supplemental Security Income recipients at www. socialsecurity.gov/ssi.

Attend the Church of Your Choice

The Resurrection . . . Does it Matter?

C.S. Lewis said “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”

This last weekend we celebrated Easter. For some it’s about spring and new life, candy filled eggs and soft cuddly bunnies.

But for Christians, it is a great reminder that Jesus, who was put to death, was resurrected from the dead.

This one miraculous event in history is paramount to what we believe as Christians. If Jesus’ body was still in the tomb today, everything He taught would have been discredited. But because the tomb was discovered empty, Christianity is separated from every other belief system in the world and you can trust Jesus as a truth teller.

So does it matter? Does it matter to you?

If the claim that Jesus made about rising from the grave is true, then we are compelled to believe that everything else He ever said is absolutely true too. He said “we must be born again.” He said that “no man comes to the Father except through Him.” He said that “He is the way, the truth and the life.” He said that one day He will return again.

This means that everything Jesus said about salvation is true, everything He said about heaven and hell and the coming judgment is true, everything He said about being rightly related to God is true, everything He declared about loving others and being the church and his expectations for us are true. It means that everything He declared about Himself is true: He is the Son of God, the Son of Man, the Light of the World, the one and only way, the Bread of Life, and the Living Water!

If everything Jesus said is true – then there are no other ways, there is no second chance after death, your good deeds can’t outweigh your bad ones, none of your religious busyness matters, and He’s not worried about whom you might impress here on earth.

If you believe the resurrection to be true, it has to be of utmost importance in your life. Everything you say and everything you do should be shaped by that belief.

Pastor Shelby Crawford Community Christian Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

1615 South Main - Scott City - 872-2200 Ed Sanderson, Senior Pastor 9:00 a.m. - Pre-Service Prayer 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service and Children’s Church Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer

4855 Finney-Scott Rd. - Scott City - 276-6481 Pastor Jon Tuttle Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Men’s Fellowship • Tuesday breakfast at 6:30 a.m.

Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., at the church

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

A Catholic Christian Community 1002 S. Main Street - Scott City Fr. Bernard Felix, pastor • 872-7388 Secretary • 872-3644 Masses: 1st Sunday of month - 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Other weekends: Sat., 6:00 p.m.; Sun., 11:00 a.m.

Spanish Mass - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

1102 Court • Box 283 • Scott City 620-872-2294 • 620-872-3796 Pastor Warren Prochnow holycross-scott@sbcglobal.net Sunday School/Bible Class, 9:00 a.m.

Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

Wed.: Mid-Week School, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Pence Community Church

Community Christian Church

8911 W. Road 270 10 miles north on US83; 2 miles north on K95; 9 miles west on Rd. 270 Don Williams, pastor • 874-2031 Wednesdays: supper (6:30 p.m.) • Kid’s Group and Adult Bible Study (7:00 p.m.) • Youth Group (8:00 p.m.)

Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Shelby Crawford, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. • Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday morning worship: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Gospel Fellowship Church 120 S. Lovers Lane - Shallow Water Larry Taylor, pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

1st United Methodist Church 5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 Dennis Carter, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services at 9:00 a.m. • Sunday School, 10:30 a.m.

All Other Sundays • Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.

First Christian Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

701 Main - Scott City - 872-2937 Scotty Wagner, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday is Family Night Meal: 5:45 p.m. • Study: 6:15 p.m.

Website: www.fccscottcity.org

Elizabeth/Epperson Drives • Scott City • 872-3666 Father Don Martin Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m.

St. Luke’s - 872-5734 (recorded message) Senior Warden Bill Lewis • 872-3347 or Father Don Martin - (785) 462-3041

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City

9th and Crescent - Scott City - 872-2334 Bishop Irvin Yeager • 620-397-2732 Sacrament, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

Relief Society and Priesthood, 11:20 a.m.

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

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SCHS student Nathanal Derstine works at his computer in the Scott City Learning Center.

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Virtual the program has been beneficial to the students I’ve placed there.

“Without the learning center I’m convinced that a number of kids wouldn’t have earned their diploma.”

Turner says that the learning center is acknowledgement that education isn’t “one size fits all.”

Looking for Efficiencies Bill Losey, director of the SWPRSC in Sublette, has been meeting with administrators and staff at their regional service centers to determine how they will adjust to changes in state funding.

Ideas for cutting costs

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are on the table, including the possibility of combining centers located fairly close to each other, such as Holcomb and Lakin.

“From what we’re hearing, there will be money for virtual education. We don’t know how much,” says Rumford.

Some districts are apparently considering the possibility of continuing with their learning centers, but not continuing their arrangement with SWPRSC. Rumford feels there may be some years of high enrollment when that benefits a district, but it could cost them in years when enrollment drops.

“When you’re part of a consortium, you’re there

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“It’s a terrible way to run a government - afraid all the time,” Ward said.

Republicans dominate the House and Senate, but the House Republican caucus is more fractured and its floor votes less predictable.

The House’s moderate Republican faction breaks with House leadership and the Senate Republicans on some issues. Rep. Stephanie Clayton, a moderate Republican from Overland Park, used her Twitter feed to express frustration with the number of times the House was concurring with Senate bills.

“This is a bicameral legislature, quit shutting the House out of debate,” Clayton posted .

Out of Balance Hensley said the absence of an open floor debate in the House wasn’t the only odd item about the budget framework heading into the veto session.

“This is a budget also that’s not funded,” Hensley said.

The Senate’s proposal closes most of a projected $600 million hole through a number of budget cuts and one-time fund transfers. But it still comes up about $130 million in the red unless the Legislature approves new taxes during the veto session.

An upward trend in revenue when the April numbers come out could lower that figure. But if revenues go the other direction, legislators will need to approve even more new taxes or initiate another round of deep budget cuts.

to support each other,” Rumford says.

On average, the learning centers cost $100,000 to operate with the SWPRSC paying for the staff, computers, software upgrades and tech support.

The service center pays rent to the school district for the Scott City location while the school district pays for utilities.

“Virtual education benefits everyone. The more educated people are the more productive they are,” Rumford says.

“There isn’t a person around in the consortium who wants to end this. But the lack of funding makes everyone nervous until we get this figured out.”

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Meyer, 4x400 relay get off to a fast start In some respects, the 2015 track season began where the 2014 season left off for the SCHS boys.

Brett Meyer dominated the field in the 800m and the 4x400m relay picked up a gold medal in the season opening meet at Ulysses last Thursday.

The times were a mixed bag.

But head coach Jim Turner cautions against putting too much stock in times this early in the

Open season with golds at Ulysses season.

Meyer’s winning time of 2:04.04 in the 800m was nearly eight seconds off his career best, but it was still good enough to blow away the field.

“At the cut-in point, he basically had the race won. There wasn’t anyone pushing him for the last 600 meters or so,” says

Turner.

Meyer gave a glimpse of what to expect this season when he ran a 2:01.92 anchor split in the 4x800m relay.

He was about 100 meters behind the leaders when he took the baton and had cut the spread to about 40 meters at the finish line.

In the open 800m when no one was challenging Meyer he ran a 61 second opening lap. In the relay, with runners to chase down, he completed the first lap in 57 seconds.

Also turning in solid performances in the 4x800m were junior Irvin Lozano (2:09.52) and sophomore Jess Drohman

(2:10.63). They were joined by Miguel Chavez (2:17.69).

The Beavers had to settle for third place at 8:39.8.

Drohman backed up his relay split with a 2:13.76 in the open 800m, which was just 2.2 seconds off his career best.

Freshman Adrian Ruelas finished in a surprising 2:15.39.

The 4x400m relay finished in a gold medal time of 3:32.1.

(See SC TRACK on page 22)

sounds of silence

Offense fails to appear in Bronc sweep

Sophomore right fielder Leonel Castillo is able to extend far enough to rob a Lakin batter of a possible extra-base hit during Tuesday’s action on the home field.

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The silence that Scott City fans heard during the double-header matchup with Lakin on Tuesday afternoon was the Beavers’ offense.

The SCHS baseball team put together just five hits and two runs in a 9-2 and 17-0 sweep by the Broncs in non-league play.

“Mentally, we didn’t show up ready to play and that was evident at the plate,” says head coach Neil Baker.

“It’s early in the year and we haven’t adjusted to game-speed pitching. That’s going to be a problem with so many young, inexperienced players. They’re freezing with two strikes and not protecting the plate.”

Baker says the batters were also looking at “too many first-pitch strikes down the middle of the plate. That put them (See SILENCE on page 20)

Hits finally find gaps in Schumacher wins 200m, 400m; nightcap for SC softball Bouncing back from a one-hit shutout, the Scott Community High School softball team scored seven runs in the nightcap of their season opening double-header against Goodland.

It wasn’t enough to prevent a secGoodland 13 14 ond loss to Scott City 0 7 the Cowgirls, but the ability to generate offense did provide optimism for first-year head coach Erin Myers.

“We hit the ball in the first game, but they were right at someone. In the second game we started finding the gaps,” says Myers.

Starting pitcher Bre Smull kept the Lady Beavers within striking distance in the opener, giving up just six runs through the first four innings. Goodland blew the game open with seven

runs in the top of the fifth for a 13-0 win.

“The girls were working through some jitters in their first game of the season,” said Myers of her young squad.

End Scoring Drought Scott City broke into the scoring column for the first time this season with three runs in the bottom of the first inning during the nightcap.

Kristi Faurot got the offense started with a one-out single and Nicole Latta followed with a RBI double. Latta would score on an infield out and Smull would add a RBI single that cut the Goodland lead to 5-3 after the first inning.

Goodland opened up an 8-3 lead in the top of the fifth, but Scott City got back into the game with two runs in the bottom of the inning.

(See SOFTBALL on page 20)

Indians 3rd at Cimarron Invite Faster and stronger is how Wichita County High School track coach Janee Porter described Jacob Schumacher coming into the season.

The junior lived up to that description by claiming a pair of individual golds and adding two more championship finishes on relays at the season opening Cimarron Invitational last Thursday.

Even Porter was a little surprised at Schumacher’s early performances, including a career best of 51.92 in the 400m which was faster than his previous career mark set at last year’s Class 2A state meet. Schumacher finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest challenger, Brenner Donovan (Hoisington, 53.96).

The junior was just as impressive with his gold medal time of 23.2 in the 200m which was 25/100 of a second ahead of runner-up Baker Blackburn (Holcomb).

“Jacob put in the time to get faster and stronger during cross-country and he’s continued that during the winter,” says Porter.

Schumacher ran anchor on the 4x400m re-

Canadian Geese begin to take flight from Lake Scott on Sunday afternoon.

lay (3:42.41) which nudged Holcomb (3:43.03) for first place. Other relay members were Jorge Gallegos, Kyler Long and Layton Tankersley.

“The 400 (meters) isn’t necessarily the strongest distance for Kyler and Layton.

They’re longer distance runners,” Porter says.

“We’re going to give some different boys a chance at the (4x400) relay. Juan (Alvarado) will run on it this week and we’ll also see what Kolton (Sheppard) can do. He’s got pretty good sprint speed.”

The 4x800m (9:04.54) had a much easier time winning a gold, finishing 18 seconds ahead of Holcomb. Gallegos and Tankersley are returning members from last year’s state championship relay. They are joined by Long and Schumacher.

There’s also a possibility that freshman Elian Dorantes will get his chance in the rotation.

“We have so many good distance kids that the big challenge is finding what events they’re best at and getting them into meets,” says Porter.

(See INDIANS on page 22)

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Silence

Outdoors in Kansas

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by Steve Gilliland

Thrill not just in the hunt It’s not every day one of my editors asks me to spend the afternoon hunting with them. He wanted to try some spring coyote calling and I needed a story for this week, so off we went.

Mike Alfers, owner and editor of the Rural Messenger, has for many years hunted a large parcel of land north of Lincoln.

According to Mike, the only thing more prevalent there than big bucks are coyotes, and he wanted to try his hand at thinning the pack a little.

After two hours on the road, we met up with the son of the landowner and stopped to look at a shed antler they had found that was from a big buck hunted and seen often this year by Mike and his brother.

The antler was not unusually long but was as thick as a man’s wrist at the base and had one large drop tine among its numerous points.

We drove north out of Lincoln several miles, then followed a gravel road to a spot on one edge of the property known as the gravel pit. We drove on past it and wound our way slowly up a rutted tractor path to the highest point around and found a couple of lone hay bales where we could sight-in Mike’s new .17 caliber Savage rifle.

From there, pastures stretched out in front of us as far as the eye could see.

Below us, small wheat fields occupied the few acres of ground flat enough to plant, resembling puzzle pieces as they formed themselves to follow the edges of the creek as it snaked its way through the hills.

It was nearly dusk as we set up around the back of the old gravel pit. It lay at one end of a group of trees (See THRILL on page 22)

Scott City sophomore Gustavo Gonzales delivers a pitch during Tuesday’s home action against Lakin.

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Beavers take opener from Cowboys before storm strikes Baseball isn’t that complicated, says Scott Community High School head coach Neil Baker. “ H i t the ball a n d force the Scott City 8 defense Goodland 4 to make a play,” he preaches.

The congregation followed that sermon at Goodland last Thursday with an 8-4 win in Great West Activities Conference play.

The only bad news is that threatening weather prevented the second game from being played and giving SCHS (1-2) a chance to get a double-header sweep.

“We made enough good plays at the right time,” says Baker. “With so many young kids on this team,

it was important for us to get a win early in the season and build some confidence.”

Some timely hitting in the top of the fourth inning - along with some wild pitching - resulted in five runs for the Beavers and broke a 3-3 tie.

SCHS played small ball with a leadoff single

by Leonel Castillo and a bunt single by Morgen Roberts that sent Castillo all the way to third base.

With one out, Sloan Baker was hit by a pitch to fill the bases and Castillo scored on a wild pitch to give SCHS a 4-3 lead.

But it looked like that might be all the damage they would do following a walk to Kyle Cure that again filled the bases and a pop out.

Softball Two fielding errors by the Cowgirls led to runners on second and third who scored on a single by Kough.

Goodland was finally able to take control of the game with six runs in the sixth inning.

Freshman pitcher Kaitlyn Roberts, playing in her first varsity game, bounced back

Gustavo Gonzales kept the inning alive when he reached base to force in a run. Chase Rumford was then hit by a pitch which scored another run. A walk to Kevin Aguilera pushed another run across home plate and the scoring blitz ended with another run on a wild pitch.

The Beavers scored five runs with the leadoff single the only time the ball left the infield.

Baker, who pitched a complete game, got off to a rough start when he gave up two hits, two walks and hit a batter in the opening frame. He quickly settled down, allowing just three more hits over the final six innings.

“Sloan’s a little rusty and it’s going to be that way for the first three

or four games until his arm gets stronger and he gains better control,” said Coach Baker. “As a team, however, we had moments when we played pretty good. It’s important for us to be mentally prepared to play every night.”

Strike Early Scott City jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Justin Faurot drew a leadoff walk and Baker was struck by a pitch. With two outs, Gonzales hit a two-run double.

Goodland answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning.

SCHS tied the game in their half of the second inning when Aguilera led off the frame with a walk and scored on a one-out bunt single by Roberts.

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from a rough start in the first inning to limit the Cowgirls to only three runs over the next four innings.

“My emphasis with Bre and Kaitlyn has been to work the corners (of the plate),” says Myers.

“Both girls have worked hard on their pitching and they’re starting to hit their spots with a little more consistency.”

Myers says that after her young team overcame some early jitters the defense showed a lot of improvement. The infield consists of Madison Orr (first base), Roberts and Smull (second base), Faurot (third base) and N. Latta (shortstop).

“I felt we eliminated mistakes on a lot of routine plays in the second

game,” Myers says.

The head coach is also hoping to make freshman Bailey Latta part of the varsity pitching rotation. Plans are for her to pitch the first JV game and join the varsity in the second game. An illness, however, forced Myers to leave Latta on the mound for both JV games against Goodland.

behind in the count and then they were getting offspeed pitches.”

Scott City was limited to just two hits through the first six innings in the opening game. Trailing 9-0 entering the bottom of the seventh, the Beavers finally showed signs of offensive life when Gustavo Gonzalez hit a one-out single to left field, Chase Rumford reached base on an error and Kevin Aguilera hit a RBI single to center field.

An infield grounder by Leonel Castillo resulted in an errant throw by the second baseman on the attempted force at second. Rumford was able to score from third on the play for the team’s second run.

Gonzales, a sophomore, kept Scott City in the game with a good pitching performance. He allowed only two runs in the second inning and two more in the fifth inning each time with two outs.

It wasn’t until the sixth inning that the Broncs were able to rough him up a little with four runs.

The SCHS defense didn’t provide Gonzales a lot of help, committing five errors.

“Gustavo doesn’t have much power, but he did have good control and he had pretty decent movement on his fast ball, change up and curve,” says Baker. “He also does a good job of locating the ball.”

Developing catchers continues to be a work in progress and will be for the entire season.

Everyone who Baker is putting behind the plate is a rookie.

“I’m trying to sort out who will catch when Sloan’s (Baker) is pitching,” says the head coach.

“All of our catchers have so much to learn.”

Baker was the starting pitcher in the second game, but left with two outs in the fourth inning and the Beavers trailing 4-0. Hunter Braun and Todd Morris finished the final three innings.

Scott City trailed 9-0 after six innings before giving up eight runs in the top of the seventh.

Scott City’s only hit was a fourth inning single by Kyle Cure.

Scott Recreation Commission board meeting • Sun., April 12 • 7:30 p.m. • SRC office

The Scott County Record • Page 21 • Thursday, April 9, 2015

Need volunteers for SC Relays

Anyone interested in assisting with the Scott City Relays track meet on Tuesday, April 21, is asked to contact activities director Randy Huck at 8727620.

Volunteers are needed for the field events.

SRC board to meet on Sunday

The Scott Recreation Commission board of directors will meet on Sun., April 12, 7:30 p.m., at the SRC office in Scott City.

The public is invited to attend.

Track fundraiser at Leoti April 18

Scott City’s Corbin Janssen hits a return during singles play at the Garden City tournament on Monday. (Record Photo)

Janssen is singles, doubles medalist; Beavers are first at WaKeeney quad Versatility is a point of emphasis for members of the Scott Community High School tennis squad.

“We like to give the boys experience in singles and doubles,” says head coach Steve Kucharik. “They never know when they’ll be asked to fill in for someone.”

Corbin Janssen made that adjustment on back-to-back days as the No. 1 singles player in the Garden City junior varsity tournament on Monday and as half of the No. 1 doubles team at WaKeeney the following day.

Janssen finished fourth against a strong field at Garden City while he and Hayden

Nevills had no trouble rolling through the competition to win the WaKeeney title.

At WaKeeney, the duo defeated Colby (8-2), WaKeeney (8-1) and closed against Russell (8-1).

“Chandler likes playing doubles more than singles. He and Hayden make a pretty good team,” noted coach Cheryl Kucharik.

Everyone who made the trip to WaKeeney got at least one win and each one of those was needed as SCHS nudged WaKeeney by just one point for the team title.

Hugo Martinez, playing the No. 2 singles, had just two matches and easily won both.

He blanked Colby’s Julian Bixenman (8-0) and closed out the day with an 8-5 win over Ty Cisneros (Russell).

“Hugo really covers the court well,” noted C. Kucharik.

Christian Wolfe was 1-2 in No. 1 singles with his win coming by an 8-6 score over Russell. The No. 2 doubles team of Porter Irwin and Garrett Osborn was also 1-2 win an 8-6 win over Colby.

Garden City Invite Janssen and Martinez were each fourth place finishers in No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, at Garden City.

“Early in the season, I like to see how the boys adapt to

the competition. I want them to look for weakness that they can take advantage of, or learn how to stay away from a player’s strengths,” noted S. Kucharik.

He says Janssen showed that in his first round when with a Dodge City opponent who kept coming to the net.

“Corbin made him pay with lob shots,” said Kucharik.

The varsity tennis squad will open its season at the Cimarron tournament on April 10, followed by trips to WaKeeney and Ellsworth.

“This will be a big week for us,” said S. Kucharik. “We’ll have a chance to see a lot of our regional competition.”

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Receiver, QB spots a priority for K-State Kansas State began football practice on April 1, giving the Wildcats 15 practices before the spring game on April 25 at Sporting Park in Kansas City.

Coach Bill by Snyder will Mac have 46 letStevenson terman and 12 starters returning from last year’s 9-4 team. Seven of the returning starters received All-Big 12 recognition last season.

Kansas State returns most of their offensive linemen, but the quarterback and wide receiving positions are up for grabs.

Junior-to-be Joe Hubener (6-4, 205) from Cheney is one of the primary contenders for the starting quarterback job. Hubener saw limited action last season, but he displayed running ability and a powerful arm.

Sophomore-to-be Jesse Ertz (6-4, 205) is another quality prospect.

Both lack experience, which is usually an issue in Snyder’s complicated offense.

Tyler Lockett and Curry Sexton were key members of an excellent receiving corps and they have graduated. Lockett was among KState’s best all-time players and he will be impossible to replace.

Kansas State has finished in the top 20 in national rankings for three of the last four years under Snyder and there’s no reason to expect a big drop-off this fall. However, there will be lingering doubts depending on who can step into the quarterback and receiver roles.

K-State might start slower than normal, but Snyder has his recruiting system well-established and his 2015 team will keep the Cannonball Express rolling.

Future is Bright Wichita State had another exceptional basketball season, but the best was kept for last.

Coach Gregg Marshall has announced he will remain as the Shockers’ head coach. That’s good news indeed. Coach Marshall’s ninth season at Wichita next season will include promising newcomers and seasoned veterans.

(See WILDCATS on page 23)

Whitham third in Indians discus at Cimarron Wichita County High School senior Anna Leigh Whitham was a double medalist in the season opening track meet at Cimarron.

Whitham collected a bronze in the discus (85-0) and was fourth in the javelin (95-4).

“Anna Leigh had a very good day in all of her throws. The discus was close to her personal best,” says head coach Janee Porter.

Hannah Martin was sixth in the triple jump (30-0 1/2) and seventh in the 1600m (6:26.09).

“Hannah’s one of those athletes who can do a lot of things well. She’s capable of being a top three finisher in several events,” Porter says.

The junior, who was a state qualifier in the high jump last season, also competes in the 800m, 1600m and the 4x800m relay.

Vallie Kenfield, who was fifth in the 200m in last year’s state meet, has been sidelined with a hip injury.

“She just started jogging this week. She may not compete for another week,” Porter says. “We’re going to ease her into things.”

Thrill surrounded on three sides by hilly CRP patches.

We hunkered down in a tree row full of prickly thorn trees of some description. One of the “puzzle piece” wheat fields lay a couple hundred yards to our left across the creek.

Mike let the electronic caller howl and wail for a half hour or more before we decided to move to a shelf above the creek overlooking the wheat field.

We were discussing where best to place ourselves and the

Gallegos Earns Bronze Gallegos (2:10.76) and Long (2:11.87) finished third and fourth in the 800m while freshman John Biermann (11:31.94) was a bronze medalist in the 3200m.

“We have three freshmen

boys who have the potential to be great distance runners,” said Porter.

In addition to Biermann, she is also looking for contributions this season from Edgar Chavez and Aaron Ridder.

Zeke Castillo (39-3 3/4) finished fourth in the triple jump and was sixth in the long jump (18-9). His triple jump mark was a career best.

Juan Alvarado was a fourth place finisher in the high jump (5-10), matching his career best set at the state meet last year, and he was sixth in the triple jump (38-3 1/2).

Brett Binns added a fifth place finish in the pole vault, clearing 10-foot-6.

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caller when, not far to our left, coyote howls broke the calm of the evening. It was impossible to know how many there were as three or four can sound like a dozen.

Chills went up and down my spine, but I could honestly have sat down right there and listened to them for hours.

The howling quit and I hustled down the hill to a spot where I could watch the wheat field through the trees.

No sooner had I settled in

SC Track Team members were Wyatt Kropp (52.89), Drake McRae (53.05), I. Lozano (54.12) and Meyer (52.02).

“All four boys had 25 second splits in the first 200.

They did a nice job of pulling away from Garden City,” says Turner of the two second spread between first and second place.

Kropp had an opportunity to see how he could compete

There are 52 members on this year’s track squad, including 21 freshmen and 11 sophomores.

As a team, the Indians (89) finished behind South Gray (122.5) and Holcomb (93) in the nine team field. They were followed by Hoisington (68.5), Cimarron (61), Lakin (49), Meade (37), Ellinwood (20) and Booker (18).

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see how Drake McRae would do in the 300m int. hurdles in competition and noted “he’s a work in progress.” Competing in the event for the first time, the junior was still able to finish in sixth place (44.72).

“He has a lot of work to do on his form, which we expected. I think this can be a real good event for him once he improves his technique,” said the head coach.

Eitel 3rd in Discus Wyatt Eitel had the top SCHS finish in the field events with a bronze medal in the discus (123-0).

Chantz Yager was fifth in the pole vault (11-feet) while Tre Stewart was sixth in the shot put (40-5) and Reid Brunswig added a sixth place medal in the triple jump (37-8 1-2).

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against a very strong field of sprinters. He was fifth in the 200m (23.9).

“Wyatt was disappointed in his times, but in the 100 (meter) and 200 he was running against the wind,” noted Turner. “In the last 40 (meters) of the 100 he really tightened up. Once he learns to relax he’ll bring his times down in both races.”

Turner was also wanting to

Braun claims javelin silver at Ulysses If Madison Braun was feeling any off-season rust it wasn’t apparent at Ulysses last Thursday.

The Scott Community High School junior threw a career best of 110-4 in the javelin to claim a silver medal. Braun improved on her previous best by nearly five feet.

“It was a pretty good way to start the season,” said head coach Jim Turner. “And she’s not anywhere close to throwing as well as I think she can.”

It was a good day all around for the SCHS javelin crew

with all four girls setting career bests.

Kiana Yager (94-5) added a fourth place finish, followed

by Clarissa Ratzlaff (4th, 93-6). Lizzy Eikenberry finished out of the medals, but still threw 87-4.

Scott City’s 4x400m relay finished fourth in 4:31.57.

The squad included Paige Winderlin (64.95), Emily Smith (68.69), Shantice Lara (68.74) and Macy Berning (69.22).

The split times for Winderlin and Lara were career bests in a

relay.

The 4x800m relay was fifth in 11:11.55. Members included Kylee Trout (2:43.56), Olivia Prieto (2:46.46), Trella Davis (2:57.26) and Cami Patton (2:44.49).

Eikenberry added a fifth place finish in the pole vault (7-6) and was sixth in the discus (81-3 1/2).

Berning was sixth in the 400m (68.08).

While she finished out of the medals, Turner was impressed with the performances of freshman Emily Smith in the 100m

high hurdles (20.38) and the 300m low hurdles (55.01).

“She shows a lot of heart in practice and is working hard to get better. But, like most of our girls, she needs to hit the weight room hard during the summer,” he says.

“If she does, Emily could become a really good track athlete over the next three years.”

Freshman Makaela Stevens missed the meet due to a hip flexor. It’s possible that she could see her first competition on Monday at Goodland.

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Wildcats Scott City’s Ron Baker hasn’t decided whether he will declare for the NBA or return for his senior season. If Baker returns, the Shockers will have another exceptional backcourt.

Marshall needs just 16 more wins to tie Ralph Miller for the most wins in Wichita’s history. The four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances under Marshall is a school record.

Marshall has established himself among the elite coaches in college basketball and there’s no reason to think he won’t continue to enjoy a great

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deal of success at WSU. NCAA Bumbling A little over a month ago the NCAA declared KU’s Cliff Alexander had a problem concerning his eligibility. Since then, it’s been reported that the issue was the transfer of money from an NBA agent to Alexander’s parents.

Alexander has since declared he will play in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the NCAA’s handling of the situation will leave with him.

All information has been sketchy and the NCAA has displayed its usual ineptitude. That’s

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9-10-Years-Old 73: Zachery Rohrbough pinned by Michael Myers (Bryan) 4:04; pinned Jacob Fox (Overton) 1:29; pinned Isaac White (Cozad) 0:37; pinned Caden Arps (Fremont) 0:50; dec. by Keegan McKnight (Sidney) 9-4; maj. dec. Kolton Field (Western Ks.) 10-1. Fifth place 76: Conner Armendariz tech fall Cameron Brauer (Sidney) 18-3; dec. by Connor Golston (Young Bucks) 9-2; pinned Reid Glasshoff (East Butler) 0:24; dec. by Ty Koedam (SBL) 6-3; pinned Jace Woodrow (Southwest Grapplers) 1:21.

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unfair to KU. The NCAA needs to be revamped in many areas and the Alexander situation is just one example.

There’s no transparency and it seems no one knows what is going on. The NCAA resembles the federal government in many respects. And that’s not a compliment.

The Big 12 was conspicuous, once again, by its absence in the NCAA’s Final Four. The Big Ten (Wisconsin and Michigan State) had two Final Four teams, the SEC (Kentucky) one, and the ACC was represented by Duke.

This is embarrassing with all the chest thump-

ing done by the Big 12 coaches during the regular season.

It might be best if ESPN and the Big 12 coaches and athletic directors kept a low profile next season concerning the quality of the Big 12 compared to some of the other major conferences.

In the history of the Big Seven and Big Eight (1907-96) and Big 12 (1997-present), Kansas is the only basketball team to have won NCAA championships - in 1952, 1988 and 2008.

That’s not a proud history for the conference as a whole.

SCHS Track Varsity Track April 2, 2015 • at Ulysses Girl’s Division Discus: Lizzy Eikenberry, 6th, 81-3.5.

Javelin: Madison Braun, 2nd, 110-4; Kiana Yager, 4th, 94-5; Clarissa Ratzlaff, 5th, 93-6.

Pole vault: Eikenberry, 5th, 7-6.

400m: Macy Berning, 6th, 1:08.08.

4x400m: Paige Winderlin, Emily Smith, Shantice Lara, Berning, 4th, 4:31.57.

4x800m: Trout, Prieto, Davis, Patton, 5th, 11:11.55.

Boy’s Division Triple jump: Reid Brunswig, 6th, 37-8.5.

Shot put: Tre Stewart, 6th, 40-5.

Discus: Wyatt Eitel, 3rd, 123.

Pole vault: Chantz Yager, 5th, 11.

200m: Wyatt Kropp, 5th, 23.90.

800m: Brett Meyer, 1st, 2:04.04 300m int. hurdles: Drake McRae, 6th, 44.72.

4x100m: Kropp, Trey O’Neil, Irvin Lozano, McRae, 4th, 45.35.

4x400m: Kropp, McRae, I. Lozan, Meyer, 1st, 3:32.10.

4x800m: I. Lozano, Jess Drohman, Miguel Chavez, Meyer, 3rd, 8:39.80.

The Scott County Record • Page 22 • Thursday, April 9, 2015

Baker’s next stop will be baseball at Butler Co. CC

Sloan Baker has excelled as a threesport athlete at Scott Community High School, but when it came to deciding which sport he would pursue at the next level there really was no decision.

His first love has always been baseball and the Scott City senior has decided to continue his career at Butler County Community College, El Dorado.

The choices had been narrowed to Garden City Community College and Butler, but a visit to the BCCC campus sealed the deal.

“Both have great programs and great coaches, but when I visited Butler I knew that’s where I wanted to be. I really liked their facilities and I felt real comfortable during my workout with them,” says Baker.

He was recruited primarily as a shortstop.

“That’s where they had me working out for them. They figure if you can play shortstop you can play just about anywhere,” Baker noted.

While he has also been a high school pitcher, that’s not a priority for Baker at the next level.

“I really like to hit and that part of the game

is taken away when you’re a pitcher. When I have the opportunity to hit that makes me feel I’m more involved in the game,” Baker said.

He added that a number of BCCC players have continued their careers at Ft. Hays State University, so Baker is hoping that will create some opportunities for him after his two years with the Grizzlies.

As a junior, Baker was named a First Team AllGreat West Activities Conference utility player.

He posted a .460 batting average with four doubles.

SCHS senior Sloan Baker signs his letter-of-intent to play baseball next year at Butler County Community College. He is joined by his mother, Ranae, father and head coach Neil (left) and assistant baseball coach Chris Carroll.

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Each day during spring, just before sunrise, communal breeding grounds, known as leks, teem with birds busy with eccentric display behavior. In order to attract females, male greater prairie chickens call, dance, cluck, posture, and stomp, all while defending invisible territory boundary lines from other displaying males.

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Participants will meet and leave from the KWEC between 5:20-5:45 a.m., depending on the time of sunrise. Staff will drive participants to a local greater prairie chicken lek, where a trailer blind has been set up.

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Annual aeration needed for most lawns Just walking or driving across a lawn to mow it can compact the soil.

Watering the grass can squeeze out soil’s oxygen, too.

That’s why many wellestablished lawns are suffocating slowly - unless their owner is providing periodic help.

Their soil compaction rate is even faster if lawns have poor drainage, heavy foot (paw) traffic, thatch buildup and/or crossover by heavy equipment, says Megan Kennelly, horticulturist at Kansas State University.

“The problem can start if you over-till when preparing the seedbed,” she notes. “And, it can get worse if you let soil stay compacted into summer, because your lawn will dry out so quickly.”

That’s why Kennelly generally recommends homeowners aerate their lawns at least once a year.

The only exceptions are people with newly seeded lawns and those with sandy soils.

“If you grow turf that develops thatch problems, you’ll need to aerate more often - twice a year, at least,” she said. “If your lawn is in clay and gets lots of use, you also will need to aerate twice yearly.”

For homeowners growing tall fescue or Kentucky bluegrass, the best time to aerate is in March, April and/or September.

For those with bermuda, buffalograss, or zoysia, prime aeration time lasts from late May through July.

No matter the month, however, core aeration should come before seasonal maintenance chores such as fertilizing, seeding and applying pre-emergence herbicides (e.g., crabgrass preventer).

Most equipment rental stores have core aerators available. The machines come equipped with hollow tines that punch and pull out a narrow core of soil, depositing it on top of the grass.

“This kind of equip-

How to Assess Soil Texture Assessing soil texture can be a scientific or roughand-ready task.

Getting soil tested in a lab will not only provide an exact measure of soil type but also reveal any nutrient deficiencies.

Extension offices across Kansas can provide instructions on gathering a good sample. If desired, they also can forward samples to K-State Extension’s soils testing lab in Manhattan.

But anyone can get a rough assessment of texture by squeezing a handful of moist (not wet and not dry) soil.

If the resulting ball falls apart when the hand’s opened again, the soil is sand.

If the ball crumbles easily, the soil is loam.

If it holds together without help, the ball is clay.

This test works well for turf, flowerbed or garden soil.

ment isn’t lightweight. If you can’t handle a fullsize tiller, for example, you might want to hire a professional to aerate your lawn,” advises Kennelly, who is the turfgrass specialist for K-State Extension.

Soil moisture content is vital to successful aeration. Tines can’t penetrate deeply enough into droughty soils. They clog in wet soils and may not deposit the soggy cores on the lawn’s surface.

Good hole spacing also is important.

Early spring a good time for pruning trees, shrubs Early spring is a good time to think about pruning. Deciduous trees and shrubs can be shaped and cut back before growth starts so they will grow and bloom as we wish.

However, nothing is as easy as it sounds at first blush.

Where should we begin? Removing dead branches is a good place to start.

How can you tell if a branch is dead when it has no leaves? Look at the end. Live branches will have small twigs and swelling buds. Live stems and branches are flexible and bend. Dead branches snap off when you bend them and they may have peeling bark.

If you aren’t sure about some, then wait until the leaves come out. And remember too, that stressed, sick or newly planted trees leaf out later than normal.

Many folks scalp and ruin the shape of trees that would have been all right if they had just waited.

Pruning should also remove broken, crossed or rubbing branches, plus ones that are unbalanced, are too long or ruin the shape of the tree.

Root suckers, especially on apple trees should also be cut. Then, when the tree leafs out, all the energy stored in the roots will go to that remaining foliage.

Young trees need special attention in spring, so they will have a proper scaffold of branches evenly spaced around the main trunk. If there are two competing main shoots on top, one should be cut back and subordinated, or removed entirely, so only one central trunk will develop.

Trees that are too low can have their crowns

raised.

That means the lower branches are pruned off at the trunk so that one can walk or plant under them.

Walking height is 6-8 feet of clear space, but no more than two branches should be removed in any one year or it slows down growth.

As a safety precaution, use a pole pruner, a hand saw or loppers. Never take a power saw up a ladder, or use it above shoulder height while standing on the ground.

There are certain trees, called “bleeders,” which drip excessive sap in early spring. They are maple, birch, elm, golden chain and yellowwood.

They are generally not pruned until their sap stops running, usually in late May or June.

That dripping sap is what makes maple syrup.

“If the holes are spaced too far apart, you won’t exactly be wasting your time. But, you’ll still have a compaction problem, she explained. “If the holes are too close together, that’s not as big a deal; they’ll simply remain visible for a little longer. So, you should err on the side of overdoing things, if you’re unsure about the results you’re getting.”

Kennelly said that achieving good spacing will require making three or more passes over the lawn, with each pass go-

ing in a different direction.

The ideal homeowners should strive for is cores that are three inches deep and three inches apart.

Rainfall and the lawn itself will remove correctly spaced holes from sight in about a month.

“You won’t see the full results of regular aerating for about three years,” Kennelly said. “But your lawn’s roots will be getting healthier, deeper and stronger almost immediately.”

Where thick thatch is a problem, some lawnowners fight back by power raking.

“If thatch is that thick, however, they really should power rake and core aerate,” she said.

Thatch often is the only physical sign that a lawn needs aeration. Compaction has gone on too long when lawns dry out so quickly in summer that their “breathing” problem becomes obvious, Kennelly adds.

Tips for choosing spring asparagus Here is advice from Kansas State Extension for choosing fresh asparagus.

•Look for firm stalks with a rich green or violetgreen color.

•Larger stalks typically offer the best flavor and

quality; a thinner stalk can indicate toughness or lateseason growth.

•Tips should be tightly closed. An open head happens when the weather warms and the head grows too fast.

With white asparagus, other than color, the same

tips apply. White asparagus is grown in low light, which does not allow it to absorb chlorophyll, which is responsible for the green color.

The appearance is different, but the taste is the same.

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No need to shed tears over success of onions Onions are a cold-season crop, easy to grow because of their hardiness.

Onion sets are generally recommended because they can be grown without worry of frost damage and have a higher success rate than direct seed or transplants.

Onions grow well on raised beds or raised rows at least four inches high.

Planting Select a location with full sun where your onions won’t be shaded by other plants.

Soil needs to be welldrained, loose, and rich in nitrogen; compact soil affects bulb development.

Till in aged manure or fertilizer the fall before planting. Onions are heavy feeders and need constant nourishment to produce big bulbs.

At planting time, you can mix in some nitogen fertilizer, too, and side dress every few weeks until the bulbing process begins.

Seeding? Onion seeds are short-lived. If planting seeds indoors, start with fresh seeds each year. Start seeds indoors about six weeks before transplanting.

Plant onions as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, usually late March or April.

For sets or transplants, plant the smaller sets one inch deep, with 4-5 inches between each plant and in rows 12-18 inches apart.

Think of onions as a leaf crop, not a root crop.

When planting onion sets, don’t bury them more than one inch under the soil; if more than the bottom third of the bulb is underground, bulb growth can be restricted.

Practice crop rotation with onions.

Onion Care Fertilize every few weeks with nitrogen to get big bulbs. Cease fertilizing when the onions push the soil away and the bulbing process has started. Do not put the

soil back around the onions; the bulb needs to emerge above the soil.

Generally, onions do not need consistent watering if mulch is used.

About one inch of water per week (including rain water) is sufficient. If you want sweeter onions, water more.

Onions will look healthy even if they are bone dry, be sure to water during drought conditions.

Make sure soil is welldrained. Mulch will help retain moisture and stifle weeds.

Cut or pull any onions that send up flower stalks; this means that the onions have “bolted” and are done.

Should you want to harvest some of the onions during the growing season as green onions, you may plant the plants as close as two inches apart.

Pull every other one, prior to them beginning to bulb, leaving some for larger onions.

kills them. Follow the package directions. Spray the plants twice, three days apart, and the thrips should disappear.

Onion Maggots Cover your emerging onion crop with a fine mesh netting. Seal it by mounding soil around the edges. The onion maggot likes to lay its eggs at the base of plants, so the netting should prevent that. You should also keep mulch away because the insects like decaying organic matter, and make sure you completely harvest your onions as the season progresses. Onion maggots are usually a problem in very rainy periods, so these precautions may be unnecessary if you have a dry season.

Pests To control thrips - tiny insects about as fat as a sewing needle - take a dark piece of paper into the garden and knock the onion tops against it; if thrips are present, you will spot their tan-colored Harvest/Storage bodies on the paper.

When onions start to A couple of treatments mature, the tops become with insecticidal soap yellow and begin to fall

over. At that point, bend the tops down or even stomp on them to speed the final ripening process.

Loosen the soil to encourage drying, and after a few days turn them up and let them cure on dry ground. Always handle them very carefully - the slightest bruise will encourage rot to set in.

When tops are brown, pull the onions.

Be sure to harvest in late summer, before cool weather. Mature onions may spoil in fall weather.

Allow onions to dry for several weeks before you store them in a root cellar or any other storage area. Spread them out on an open screen off the ground to dry.

Store at 40 to 50 degrees in braids or with the stems broken off.

Mature, dry-skinned bulbs like it cool and dry, so don’t store them with apples or potatoes.

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Going the extra distance for fellow vets

Reggie Ford is starting a local chapter of Vets for Veterans in Scott City.

(Record Photo)

Motorcyclists have long shown their support for military veterans through such organizations as the Patriot Guard which can often be seen accompanying funeral processions.

Reggie Ford, however, was looking for another way to not only honor veterans who had died, but to help those who are living.

Vets for Veterans is a growing organization that got its start in Garden City and now has a chapter in Scott City. The Garden City chapter, which organized in January, is more than 80 strong while the Scott City chapter now has seven members.

“When I went to a Vets for Veterans meeting in February you could feel the enthusiasm,” says Ford, who served in the Vietnam War from 1969-70. “There is no paid staff. It’s volunteers doing something they love. Some of these are Patriot Guards. We’re working at taking this a step farther.”

Ford says the organization is available to help provide transportation for medical care, including a VA Hospital, or to help cover the costs of transportation.

“I can help with the administrative paperwork that comes with filling out forms for veterans seeking VA health benefits,” Ford says. “We can help veterans determine if they’re eligible for benefits. We remind veterans this isn’t welfare. It’s compensation that they fought for and earned. If you don’t want to do it for yourself, do it for your family.”

Vets for Veterans is ready to assist fellow veterans, active duty soldiers and their families.

Like the Patriot Guard, Vets for Veterans will provide motorcycle escort to cemeteries. They will also provide the veteran’s family with a $200 check to help with expenses.

Having a motorcycle or being a veteran is not required for membership. Annual dues are $15, but donations above that are accepted.

“Any money raised in Scott County will stay in Scott County,” Ford emphasizes.

The next meeting of Vets for Veterans will be held on Sat., April 18, 3:00 p.m., at Ward’s Garden Restaurant in Garden City. Ford says that once the local chapter gains enough members meetings will be held in Scott City.

“When I retired from the (Scott City) police department, I really wanted to get involved in something that would allow me to do something for veterans. This is what I was looking for,” Ford adds. “All you need is the willingness in your heart to help a vet.”

Anyone wanting more information about the organization or seeking assistance can contact Ford at: Vets for Veterans Box 41 Scott City, 67871 Call: 620-874-8397

Deardens, Monsanto donate $2,500 to Hope’s Closet

Hope’s Closet in Scott City is the recipient of a $2,500 donation from Scott County farmer Larry Dearden and America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.

The donation will help the organization purchase food items for their community Breadbasket program.

This initiative serves approximately 80 to 100 individuals a month.

“We’re always in need of food donations,” says Hope Closet/ Breadbasket Director Kris Fetty.

“With the high price of meat, beef

donations have dropped off and the cost of buying beef is a lot higher.”

She says that beef is a regular part of the meals donations.

Terri Hutton, the treasurer for Hope’s Closet, explained that breadbaskets are available to individuals and families in Scott County who are in need of food assistance.

“Six baskets can be picked up per year,” stated Hutton.

With up to 100 individuals utilizing the breadbasket program per month, the $2,500 donation directed by farmer Larry Dearden will help supplement the program.

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Chris Irvin (far right) area Monsanto representative and Larry Dearden (second from right) present a check to Hope’s Closet representatives (from left), Ministerial Alliance President Scotty Wagner ; Terri Hutton, Hope’s Closet treasurer; and Kris Fetty, manager of the Breadbasket/Hope’s Closet.

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Calif. offers a glimpse of Kansas water woes Most signs of California’s unrelenting drought are easy to spot, with mountaintops that should be snow-peaked this time of year stained brown and reservoirs in the heart of the state already half-empty.

But the most alarming feature of the state’s water shortage remains hidden from view, scientists say.

California is running low on groundwater, the vast

ag briefs

Disaster aid to area producers Farmers in Logan, Scott, Thomas and Wichita counties, who suffered crop or livestock losses due to drought occurring since Nov. 15, 2014, may now apply for disaster aid through the Farm Service Agency (FSA).

Gove County also became eligible as an adjoining county.

Applications for assistance will be accepted by FSA until October 5.

The current interest rate is 3.375 percent but is subject to change monthly.

FSA loans covering physical losses may be used to replace installations, equipment, livestock, or buildings (including homes), lost through this disaster.

FSA loans covering production losses may be used to buy feed, seed, fertilizer, livestock, or to make payments on real estate and chattel debts.

To be eligible for an emergency disaster loan, an applicant must be operating a family size farm or ranch, must be unable to get credit elsewhere, and must have suffered a qualifying physical and/or production loss from the disaster.

Farmers who suffered at least a 30 percent reduction to at least one cropping enterprise may have a qualifying production loss. Emergency disaster production loss loans cover 100 percent of qualifying losses.

Farmers and ranchers can contact the FSA office in Oakley or call (785) 672-4861 for additional information.

Key dates for farm programs

Key dates for farm owners and producers regarding farm programs include: •Mid-April through summer 2015: Producers sign contracts for 2014 and 2015 crop years.

•October 2015: Payments for 2014 crop year, if needed.

pools of water stored in underground aquifers that took thousands of years to fill up but are now being drained to irrigate farm fields and run sink taps.

Groundwater usage has surged as the state’s drought has dragged on, jumping to an estimated 65 percent of the fresh water used in 2014, from under 40 percent in normal years. This year, that number could hit 75 per-

Groundwater usage has surged as California’s drought has dragged on, jumping to an estimated 65 percent of the fresh water used in 2014, from under 40 percent in normal years. This year, that number could hit 75 percent.

cent.

With summer’s baking heat still to come, and with projections by NASA scientists that water reservoirs could run dry, groundwater could account for virtually all of California’s

water by year’s end, said Jay Famiglietti, a NASA senior water scientist who uses satellites to study the problem.

“It’s more scary than people realize,” Famiglietti said.

Already, the state is

showing signs of groundwater exhaustion. The water table is dropping two feet a year in parts of the thirsty, agricultural Central Valley. Even urban water utilities have noticed declines. Wells are running dry. Farmers are forced to dig deeper in the search for water.

And as the water is pumped up, the ground sinks down. In some places, the pace of subsidence

could reach one inch a month for the rest of the year, said Thomas Harter, a groundwater hydrologist with the University of California at Davis. That could end up further damaging infrastructure, such as the state’s vital network of water canals.

The state’s water woes have been compounded by the four-year drought.

The state’s reservoir sys(See WATER on page 29)

A clean sweep of area fields Violent winds remove protective wheat stubble Late this past week, powerful winds raked Western Kansas as a cold front moved through the area. With wind speeds of 50 to 70 mph and gusts south of Scott City to over 100 mph, the early night sky turned brown.

Adding insult to injury, the storm delivered pounding hail and a scant 15/100 inch of rain.

While it continues to not rain, the real casualty of the storm were the violent winds

Wheat and more . . . or less by Vance Ehmke

which swept clean many of the wheat stubble fields in the area leaving them even more exposed to future wind erosion from high winds later this spring.

In the next several days after the storm, many farmers had to chisel their stubble to stop the soil from blowing. Many of these fields now have little to no crop residue on them and literally look like the surface of the moon. In some areas, the ditches are full of stubble.

Truly one of the problems with the continuing drought is not only the low wheat yields but also poor stubble production. For every bushel of wheat produced, 100 pounds of crop residue is produced.

A 40-bushel wheat crop would, thus, produce 4,000 pounds of stubble, an amount that will very adequately protect the soil. But with yields of 20 bushels per acre and less, you’re starting at almost the point you’d normally like to end up at.

Not only that, but the stubble that is produced is very fragile and is of poor quality, meaning it weathers and disappears even faster.

While we had severe wind erosion last year from the stubble fields, we’re now set up to see it again for the rest of this spring. It is very unusual for new stubble to blow. But as long as the drought continues and as long as we have low wheat yields, this is becoming the new norm.

In addition, rainfall for the year is running only 40% to 60% of normal. And, as they say, trends in weather are way more likely to continue than to change.

Eventually, every trend will change. At the present time, though, the trend is not our friend.

(See SWEEP on page 29)

Beef exports to Canada are down 21% Derrell Peel Oklahoma St. Extension

The North American cattle and beef market is a complex set of cattle and beef flows among Canada, Mexico and the U.S. These trade flows played a role in the unprecedented production and prices that occurred in 2014 and will play a role

Ks. planted corn acres down 5% Kansas corn growers planted 4.1 million acres this year, down five percent from 2013, according to the USDA. Biotechnology varieties were used on 95 percent of the area planted, up four percentage points from 2013. Growers expect to harvest 3.75 million acres for grain, down six percent.

Soybean plantings are estimated at 4.25 million acres, up 18 percent from last year and second highest of record.

Biotechnology varieties were used on 94 percent of the area planted, up one percent from 2013.

Area for harvest, at 4.19 million acres is up 18 percent from a year ago.

Sorghum acreage planted, at 2.8 million acres, is down 10 percent from a year ago. Area expected to be harvested for grain is 2.6 million acres, down seven percent from last year.

Sunflower acreage planted, at 58,000 acres, is down 18 percent from last year. Oil-type varieties account for 40,000 of the acreage while non-oil, or confectionary varieties, make up the balance.

in 2015 and beyond.

Trade impacts among the NAFTA countries were generally as expected in 2014. Beef imports from Canada increased while beef exports to Canada decreased compared to 2013.

Canada and Mexico accounted for a combined 31.1 percent of U.S. beef exports and 30.9 per-

cent of U.S. beef imports in 2014. The impact of Canada and Mexico on the U.S. cattle and beef market may be different in 2015.

Canadian cattle slaughter and beef production are expected to decline in 2015. Nevertheless, U.S. imports of Canadian beef are up nearly 14 percent in the first two months of

Market Report

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Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 5.25 White Wheat ....... $ 5.40 Milo (bu.)............. $ 4.38 Corn.................... $ 3.91 Soybeans ........... $ 8.91 Sunflowers.......... $ 17.60

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Ag Facts In the winter, apple trees need to “rest” for about 900-1,000 hours below 45 degrees in order to flower and fruit properly.

2015. U.S. beef exports to Canada have continued to fall in 2015 with January and February combined beef exports to Canada down 20.9 percent.

Canadian feedlots have struggled with competitive disadvantages to the U.S. and limited cattle supplies. Feedlot placements in Canada dropped sharply in the second half

of 2014.

Feedlot marketings in these two major Canadian cattle feeding provinces were down 14.6 percent in January and February compared to the same two months last year. Fewer feedlot marketings in Canada impacts Canadian beef production and slaughter cattle exports.

(See BEEF on page 34)

Experience, technlogy Sweep result in better wheat Kansas State University wheat breeder Allan Fritz has a lifetime of intuition and experience in developing new wheat varieties. But, thanks to research funded

by Kansas wheat farmers through the Kansas Wheat Commission and Kansas Wheat Alliance, he has new technological tools to help his team work smarter and faster.

“New technologies in plant breeding have created opportunities for increased efficiency and genetic gain,” wrote Fritz in a research proposal to the Kansas Wheat Commission.

“Those technologies are now becoming available in wheat and are critical to improving the competitiveness of wheat versus other crops as well as for maintaining strength in the public wheat breeding programs.”

By integrating these advanced technologies including marker-assisted selection, doubled haploids, high throughput phenotyping and a genomic selection model

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Wheat Scoop Julia Debes communications director

Kansas Wheat

- into its existing growth chambers, test plots and nurseries, the KSU wheat breeding program is “speeding up the breeding cycle,” according to Fritz.

And that saves everyone time and money.

“Wheat has not had these same tools, so this is new territory for us,” Fritz said. “It is a really exciting time and we can do some really cool things that are highly practical and help us be more efficient.”

Wheat Genome The wheat genome has five times more genetic material than the human genome - 17 billion base pairs. But, wheat researchers now can use marker-assisted selection to pinpoint exactly where in that genetic smorgasbord the exact genes for a trait like stripe rust resistance or heat tolerance are located.

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tem should be able to supply the vast majority of California’s water needs, if there is enough rain and snow.

But with scarce precipitation, reservoirs are running short. That’s led to a heavier reliance on groundwater, said Famiglietti. He compared the state’s water system to different types of bank accounts.

Reservoirs can be refilled with runoff and downpours, like a checking account. But recharging underground aquifers - considered a savings account - is much more difficult.

“It’s the groundwater that is the really big, important account,” Famiglietti said.

The current predicament has been exacerbated by decades of allowing groundwater usage to be essentially unmanaged a case of “out of sight, out of mind.” Regulations were few. Almost anyone could drill down and tap into a stressed aquifer.

Last year, state lawmakers passed California’s first extensive groundwater regulation, allowing for the creation of local boards to oversee how the water is used. But it could be two decades before the new law takes full effect.

Amid an historic drought, Californians are preparing to face the reality of their first statewide mandatory water restrictions. (Reuters) The Central Valley has experienced the worst effects of the groundwater problem. The aquifer tucked beneath farm fields stretches for 400 miles, making it the state’s largest water reservoir.

Today, more than 100,000 wells have stuck straws into the reservoir. More than 15 percent of all the groundwater pumped in the United States comes from this one resource, said Claudia Faunt, a

hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.

Faunt has seen how water use has changed in the Central Valley.

Farmers have planted more water-intensive, high-profit crops, with pistachios and almonds needing extensive watering. At the same time, housing developments have encroached on arid farm fields. Underground reservoirs are no longer an emergency resource.

“They’re pumping groundwater even in years when there is no drought,” Faunt said.

The result, Harter said, is that the state’s groundwater reached historic lows last year.

“With little recharge, many areas are currently at the lowest recorded levels ever,” Harter said. “It’s worrisome.”

California’s water shortage has hit Andy’s Orchard, a 60-acre spread of cherry, apricot and peach trees outside San Jose.

For years, the orchard used surface water drawn from the San Luis Reservoir to water its trees. Last summer, water officials closed the tap as farmers across the state saw their water allotments slashed.

Owner Andy Mariani was left scrambling. He finally struck a deal with a neighboring farmer who pumped from a groundwater well. Since then, Mariani has been buying water from his neighbor.

He’d prefer to be using reservoir water. But he’ll take what he can get.

Recently, Mariani learned his neighbor would be planting peppers soon. He could supply Andy’s Orchard with groundwater for only two more weeks.

“We don’t know where the next drop of water is coming from,” Mariani said.

Marker assisted selection involves using genetic markers, or segments of DNA, to identify the location of a specific gene. If researchers find the marker in a genetic sample, they know that the gene is present, long before it would have been expressed when planted in a test plot.

As Fritz explained in the research proposal, “marker assisted selection is using DNA markers to follow genes of interest without having to screen for the given trait.”

The more wheat crosses the wheat breeding team can analyze, the better to find that one genetic mash-up that could be the next great wheat variety.

Doubled haploids enable the team to produce more crosses faster.

Fritz says doubled haploids help “shorten varietal development time and gain the greatest advantage from new marker based strategies.”

Conventional breeding may take 11 to 12 years (See WHEAT on page 34)

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Underscoring that, Mary Knapp, state climatologist at K-State, says the Climate Prediction Center calls for April to be drier and warmer than average statewide.

“The April-June outlook is neutral: chances are equally likely for conditions to be warmer/cooler and drier/wetter than

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average. That COULD mean current patterns would persist till midMay. “The shorter term outlook over the next 6-14 days is shaded towards normal for precip with cooler than normal temps at the end of that period,” she says.

“Normal precipitation

would be welcome, but would take several months for any major improvement in the drought,” Knapp adds.

I guess the bottom line is that we’ll find out where we’re going when we get there. But at the present time, we’re going in the wrong direction.

Scott County Real Estate

Wednesday, April 15 • 10:00 a.m.

Auction Location: Wm. Carpenter 4-H Building, fair grounds, Scott City

Sellers: Allen and Cheryl Keyes Land Location: From Scott City, 8 miles east on Highway 96, then 2 miles north Legal: Tract 1: Southeast 1/4 of 5-18-31, containing approximately 158 acres of dry land cropland Tract 2: Northeast 1/4 of 5-18-31, containing approximately 158 acres of dry land cropland Tract 3: Combination of Tracts 1 and 2 FSA Information: Base Acreage Wheat 97.8 Milo 105.3

CC Yield 45 66

Terms: 10% down day of sale, with balance due in certified funds at closing. Closing to be on or before May 22, 2015. Announcements day of the auction take precedence over printed material. Buyer to receive seller’s 1/3 of the 2015 wheat and milo harvest and 1/3 of any USDA FSA payments.

Possession: Possession of the land planted to wheat after the 2015 wheat harvest, Possession on land planted to fall crop after the 2015 fall harvest Taxes: 2014 taxes-$1,519.76/2014 taxes paid by the seller, 2015 taxes prorated to day of closing.

Minerals: Buyer to receive 1/2 of seller’s mineral interest, seller to retain 1/2 mineral interest for 10 years, unless there is production, then for life Evidence of Title: Seller will provide to the buyer, title insurance in the amount of purchase price, with buyer and seller splitting premium 50%-50%.

Broker: Lawrence and Associates Realty • 513 Main, Scott City, Ks. 67871• 620-872-5267 Auctioneer / Listing Agent: Russell Berning • 812 W. M St., Leoti, Ks. 67861 • 1-800-466-5202

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Millrod’s

Rental Equipment Pre-owned Cars and Trucks Windshield Repair/Replacement

201 Main, Scott City millrods@wbsnet.org

Phone: 620-872-5655 Cell: 620-874-1057 Fax: 620-872-7210

Medical

Landscaping • Lawn/Trees

Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal

620-379-4430

Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal

Fully Insured

Contact:

SCOT AYTES • 874-1646

Red

Specializing in

all coatings t Paint i or any other color

Paint inside and out residential, commercial, and industrial.

Free estimates and 16 plus years of experience.

PC Painting, Inc. Paul Cramer 620-290-2410 620-872-8910 www.pcpaintinginc.com

Pro Ex II

Over 20 Years Experience

Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential

• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites

John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com

Charles Purma II D.D.S. P.A. General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted

We welcome new patients.

324 N. Main • Scott City • 872-2389 Residence 872-5933

Pro Health Chiropractic Wellness Center (Scott City Chiropractic) “TLC”...

Technology Lead Chiropractic

Dr. James Yager 110 W. 4th St. • Scott City • 872-2310 Toll Free: 800-203-9606

$

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Call 872-2090 today!

Per Week

Professional Directory Continued

Horizon Health For your home medical supply and equipment needs!

Services

Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”

We service and repair all that we sell.

1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232

For all your auction needs call:

(620) 375-4130

Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti

Kansas Classifieds Ad Network

The classified ads below are appearing in 147 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 500,000 the classified display ads appear in 142 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 457,000. KCAN line ad is $300 for up to 25 words and $12 each additional word. A 2x2 display ad is $800 per insertion and a 2x4 display ad is $1,650 per insertion. To find out more, contact The Scott County Record at 872-2090.

Sports/Outdoors Truck Driving KANSAS HUNTING land wanted. Earn thousands on your land by leasing the hunting rights.

Free evaluation and info packet. Liability coverage included. The experts at Base Camp Leasing have been bringing landowners and hunters together since 1999. Email: info@basecampleasing. com. Call 866-309-1507.

BaseCampLeasing.com.

Education

Prairie Dog Control

MEDICAL BILLING trainees needed. Become a medical office assistant.

No experience needed.

Online training can get you job ready. HS diploma/GED and PC/Internet needed. 1-888-589-9683.

––––––––––––––––––––– CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy equipment operator training. 3-week program.

Bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. Lifetime job placement assistance with national certifications. VA benefits eligible. (866) 740-7697.

•34 years experience •Bonded/Licensed

Sporting Goods

Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd Optometrist 20/20 Optometry

Treatment of Ocular Disease • Glaucoma Detection Children’s Vision • Glasses • Contact Lenses

Complete family eye center!

106 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-2020 • Emergencies: 214-1462

Bolen Enterprises

Scott City Myofascial Release Sandy Cauthon RN

105 1/2 W. 11th St., Scott City 620-874-1813 scottcitymfr@gmail.com FB: Scott City Myofascial Release

Call me to schedule your Myofascial Release

Bob Bolen 785-821-0042 • Fax 785-852-4275

ES N JO UB S CL B Driving M LA

for the PURPLE!

Jeremy • 620-397-1638 Stefanie • 620-397-8075

WORLD’S LARGEST gun show. April 11-12, Tulsa, Okla., Fairgrounds.

Saturday, 8:00-6:00; Sunday 8:00-4:00. Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show. Free appraisals.

Bring your guns. www.

TulsaArmsShow.com.

––––––––––––––––––––– GUN SHOW. April 11-12, Tulsa, Okla., Fairgrounds. Saturday, 9:00-5:00; Sunday 9:003:00. Kansas ExpoCentre (19th and Topeka Blvd.), Topeka. Buy-Sell-Trade.

For info: (563) 927-8176.

OTR DRIVERS truckload. Paid practical/loaded and empty same. Good DOT rating. Get home.

Weekly pay. Class A/2 years experience required. www.climateexpress.com 636-584-6073.

––––––––––––––––––––– NO EXPERIENCE? Some or lots of experience? Let’s talk. No matter what stage in your career, its time. Call Central Refrigerated Home (888) 670-0392. www.

CentralTruckDrivingJobs. com.

––––––––––––––––––––– BUTLER TRANSPORT. Your partner in excellence. Drivers needed.

Great hometime. $650 sign-on bonus. All miles paid. 1-800-528-7825. www.butlertransport.com.

––––––––––––––––––––– GREAT PLAINS Trucking of Salina is looking for experienced OTR tractor-trailer flatbed drivers or recent driving school graduates. Our drivers travel 48 U.S. states as well as the lower Canadian provinces. We offer excellent compensation, benefits, home time and equipment. Please contact Brett or Randy at 785-823-2261 or brettw@ gptrucking.com, randyl@ gptrucking.com.

––––––––––––––––––––– I M M E D I A T E OPENINGS for CDL drivers. Driving school certificate or 6 months experience. Regional or OTR (17 reload locations).

Flexible schedule. Daily settlements. Call 1-866764-1601 or apply online at qualitydriveaway.com.

Medical GOT KNEE PAIN? Back pain? Shoulder pain? Get a pain-relieving brace at little or no cost to you. Medicare patients call Health Hotline now.

1-800-824-2041.

Retail

Gene’s Appliance Over 200 appliances in stock!

COMPARE OUR PRICES!

We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock.

Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances.

Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.

Largest Frigidaire appliance dealer in Western Ks. 508 Madison • Scott City • 872-3686

Networktronic, Inc.

Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers!

Networking solutions!

Northend Disposal A garbologist company.

Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300

Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371

Brent Rogers

Sales Consultant b.rogers@officesolutionsinc.biz

Office (620) 276-3131 Toll Free 1-800-794-9052 Cell (620) 874-0014 Fax (620) 276-8876 1007 N. 8th, Garden City, KS 67846 www.officesolutionsinc.biz

District 11 AA Meetings Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118

Dighton Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-2647

All Under One Roof

Revcom Electronics

Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

Dining Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

www.reganjewelers.com

412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142 Support your hometown merchants who back your school and community activities throughout the year!

Classifieds

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Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009

Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m.

Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5.

Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $6.00 per column inch.

Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established.

If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge.

Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

LOVELY BRICK HOME Two large bedrooms, one average bedroom, plus 1 3/4 baths up with full

basement and 3/4 bath, 2 car garage, on corner lot.

GARAGE SALE Saturday, April 11

NEW LISTING

Helmers Moving Sale 1209 Hillside Dr., Scott City Sat., April 11, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Lost

Real Estate

PRESCRIPTION GLASSES. Last seen Saturday, March 25 at City Park. Thick black frame with red and blue around eye piece. Please call 874-8527 if you have found them.

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COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS for sale 40’x60’ metal shop building and a 133’x45’ (approx.) round top building.

Serious inquiry’s only seller is a real estate agent selling own property 87426tfc 5109 or 874-2124.

––––––––––––––––––––– CUTE, COZY HOME for sale! 3 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, large family room and fenced backyard on a large corner lot. Close to Main St. in a west location. New tile in main bath, new paint, new flooring in kitchen and laundry room. Central heat and air, garbage disposal, fridge, stove and dishwasher included. Listed for only $79,900! Call Maranda today for private showing!

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Notice NEW COUPLE MOVING to town. Looking for a house in the country to buy or rent.

Call or text 785-569-1127.

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Well kept 1 1/2 story

Many nice household items. Antique buffs will enjoy this one. Reasonable prices. Deals all day.

Look for pictures on Scott City Trader!

home with 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, large family room

and detached garage on a

Garage Sale 1605 Court, Scott City, in alley Sat., April 11, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

large corner lot. Stucco

exterior with new windows throughout. $72,500

Appliances, furniture, tools, saw, etc., mirrors, corningware, kids stuff, other stuff.

No checks - bad weather may cancel.

Thomas Real Estate

www.thomasreal-estate.com

914 W. 12th Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7396 Cell: (620)-874-1753 or Cell: (620)-874-5002

LAND AUCTION

The east 1/2 of section

5-18-31 Scott County, 320 acres of dryland farm

ground. Wednesday,

April 15, 10:00 a.m. at the William Carpenter

4-H bldg., Scott County

––––––––––––––––––––– ALL ITEMS in storage rental units #1 and #3 for Hilario Rodriguez and unit #1 for Jaimi Henderson will be sold after April 17, 2015 by Hide & Seek Storage Systems. 35t1c

Rentals HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, (620)874-2120.

41tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– MULTIPLE HOUSES FOR RENT. 1 bedroom homes available. Also 8x10 storage units available. Stop by PlainJans to fill out an application or call 872-5777.

01tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– STORAGE UNITS in various sizes available at The Storehouse, Don and Trudy Eikenberry 620872-2914.

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Fairgrounds.

REDUCED

Pine Village Apartments 300 E. Nonnamaker

Apartments available for qualifying tenants 62+ or disabled with rental assistance available.

Hours: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. by appointment call Steve: 872-2535 or 620-255-4824.

Move right into this neat and tidy 2+1 bedroom

home, 1 3/4 baths, family

room down. Nice deck off 30tfc

garage! NOW $88,000.

ACCEPTING BIDS The City of Scott City is selling a 2003 Ford pickup.

Pickup can be seen outside the city shop.

Sealed bids labeled “2003 Ford Pickup” will be accepted at City Hall, 221 W. 5th, Scott City, until 5:00 p.m., May 4, 2015.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

the dining room and SA

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SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL For High Plains Educational Cooperative Unified School District No. 466 is seeking a special education Para-Professional in each school building to work with students.

The positions are available as soon as possible.

For more information and applications please contact: Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, KS 67871 24tfc

Lawrence and Associates

Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc.

513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Sheila Ellis, Broker Assoc.

872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc.

872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com

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WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 87434tfc 4135.

––––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 36tfc 874-1412.

––––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tuneup and blade sharpening.

Call Rob Vsetecka at 62036tfc 214-1730.

––––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, SIDING and TRIMS at direct-to-the-public prices. Call Metal King Mfg., 620-872-5464. Our prices 37tfc will not be beat!

––––––––––––––––––––– “JEN’S GROOMING” Help Wanted also offering boarding.

By Jennifer Milner, hours: USD 466 NEEDS substi- 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. call tute route bus drivers. For 620-214-0097. Located in applications and additional Shallow Water.

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––––––––––––––––––––– POSITION AVAILABLE in swine finish facility in Scott County. Good schedule and benefits. Call 620-874-1017 or 620-21428tfc 1864.

––––––––––––––––––––– DRIVERS NEEDED, combine and truck. Starts May 10. Call Gerald Baker 620-874-2060 or 620-37932t4c 4693 evenings.

––––––––––––––––––––– CHILD CARE NEEDED after SCORE each day 5:15-6:00 p.m., and when there is no school. Also needing summer care for one 7-year-old and one 9-year-old. Responsible teenagers accepted. Call or text 620-521-1567. 33tfc

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, that’s ours.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door).

412 College, Scott City.

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 30t52

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Agriculture

WANTED TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered.

Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– HORSE STALLS FOR RENT with runs, storage space for hay, access to arena, close to town. Call 620-214-3242 for more information.

33t4p ––––––––––––––––––––– FOR SALE BLACK ANGUS BULLS, registered, tested, 2 year olds, yearlings, heifer bulls, delivery, conformation, performance. Contact: Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse, Ks., 620384-1101.

33t19c ––––––––––––––––––––– REGISTERED ANGUS bulls, Crooked Creek Angus, St. Francis, Ks. 785332-6206.

35t12c ––––––––––––––––––––– ANGUS OPEN Replacement heifers, Crooked Creek Angus, St. Francis, Ks. 785-332-6206.

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JONES CLUB LAMBS Now offering excellent quality show lambs at a great price.

Call for an appointment to take a look.

3-bedroom, 1 bath, double car garage, sprinkler system, $61,000. Call Gary 620-872-2123.

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HUMAN RESOURCES Scott County Hospital Human Resource Department is seeking temporary summer help to provide document scanning.

Position is Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screen, immunization titer, pre-employment physical assessment and TB skin test required.

SCH is a tobacco free facility.

Applications available our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.

Services

New Listing!

Very nice home in great neighorhood! 3+1 bedrooms, 1+1 baths, full basement, spinkler system in front, SA garage, and 2-car garage in back, covered patio, fenced-in-yard.

Jeremy • 620-397-1638 Stefanie • 620-397-8075 113 W. Hwy 4, Healy, Ks bustn2kick@st-tel.net

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Employment Opportunities TELLER/RECEPTIONIST

TWO SEASONAL POSITIONS

STAFF CLERK

First State Bank of Healy is taking applications for the position of Teller/Receptionist.

Looking for a friendly, customer-oriented person who can be skilled in financial matters, with attention to detail. This is an entry level position. Wages are subject to experience.

Send resume to: First State Bank, PO Box 200 Healy, Ks. 67850.

Attention of Walter Johnson, President Accepting applications until Thursday, April 30.

The City of Scott City is accepting applications for two seasonal positions, one in the street department and one in the parks department.

Applicants must be 18 years of age.

Applications can be picked up and returned to: City Hall, 221 W. 5th, Scott City Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

The City of Scott City is accepting applications for Staff Clerk.

Benefits include BC/BS, vacation, and sick leave.

Applications may be obtained at: City Hall, 221 W. 5th, Scott City Applications accepted until position is filled.

EOE Employer

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PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER The City of Scott City is accepting applications for the position of Public Service Officer.

Applicant must possess a HS diploma or GED equivalent, a valid driver’s license, and must be 21 years of age. Graduates of KLETC are preferred, but not required.

The City offers a full benefit package with KPERS, BCBS, vacation and sick leave, EOE. Applications may be obtained and returned to the: Law Enforcement Center 602 W. 5th, Scott City. (620) 872-2133.

Applications accepted until position is filled.

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GRAIN OPERATOR

PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Full-time/part-time CNA/CMA Full-time/part-time RN/LPN Full-time Dietary Aide/Cook Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Please apply in person at:

Park Lane Nursing Home

210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org “Quality Care Because We Care”

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Now Hiring!!

Bartlett Grain, has an immediate opening for a hard working operator. This is a year-round position with opportunity for overtime. You will be involved in grain operations at both our Scott City and Healy elevators.

Bartlett offers competitive wages along with great benefits: health and life insurance premiums paid 100% for employee, dental, vision, 401k with company match, profit sharing and paid vacation.

Apply in person or send resume: Bartlett Grain Company, L.P. 305 W. Bellevue, Scott City, Ks. 67871 Fax: 816-753-1775 jobs@bartlett-grain.com or call Matt in HR 800-860-7290

TRIAL COURT CLERK II

SECRETARY USD 466 is seeking a secretary at Scott City Middle School.

Applicant must have a High School Diploma, be organized, dependable, have good computer skills, positive attitude, good communication skills, and willingness to work with students and the public.

Responsibilities include answering the phone, monitoring student attendance and data, and duties assigned by the principals.

Job begins August 3, but would need to be available for paid training part of May and June.

For more information contact: Jana Irvin at 872-7640.

Applications may be picked up at: Scott City Middle School 809 W. 9th St. Scott City, Ks. 67871 Applications and Resumes need to be turned in by April 20, to Scott City Middle School.

The Scott County District Court is accepting applications for a Trial Court Clerk II. Requirements: high school diploma or equivalent, one year of administrative clerical experience, legal office experience preferred, knowledge of modern office practices and computer programs.

Position description and required state application available at: www.kscourts.org/Court-Administration/JobOpportunities/job-opportunities.asp Benefits include: $11.51 per hour, state benefit package provided.

Submit materials to: Sandra Eitel, District Court Clerk, 300 Court St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 15.

EOE Employer

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HOUSEKEEPING AIDES Scott County Hospital is seeking a full-time Housekeeping Aides for flexible hours day and night.

This position requires dependable team players, in good health, energetic and who has high standards of cleanliness.

Offering full and part-time positions starting at $9/hour with benefits and $12/hour without benefits.

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required.

SCH is a tobacco free facility.

Applications available on our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.

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CATTLE CLERK Cattle Clerk- Royal Beef Feed Yard, a Division of Irsik & Doll, is now taking applications for a positive, self-motivated, multi-tasking, professional.

Applicants should be reliable, hard working, and self motivated. Tasks are primarily clerical in nature.

However, applicant needs good customer service skills and must be proficient in Microsoft Office, and eager to learn new systems and software. Previous feed yard experience is preferred, attention to detail, flexibility, respect for confidentiality, and the commitment to take ownership.

Competitive wages are offered with a full benefits package including, 401(k) with company match, profit sharing plan, 100% paid medical and dental insurance for employee, 100% paid short/long term disability insurance, life insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, and career advancement opportunities.

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SERVICE TECHNICIAN American Implement, Inc., a progressive John Deere agricultural dealership in Southwest Kansas, is experiencing significant growth and is currently seeking qualified individuals to fill the position of Service Technician in the Scott City location.

Responsibilities are to analyze, troubleshoot and perform electrical and mechanical repairs on agricultural equipment. Experience in maintenance and repair of automotive, diesel or heavy equipment required.

Qualified applicants must own a set of tools to perform the functions of the job.

American Implement offers competitive wages and an excellent benefits package, which includes life, health and supplemental insurance, 401(k) plan and a quarterly incentive bonus program.

Interested applicants may send a cover letter and resume to: Tyler Kough Location Manager PO Box 20, Scott City, KS, 67871 or Call: (800) 779-7244 or (620)872-7244.

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SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS

Apply in person or send resume to: Royal Beef, ATTN: Jon Heiman, 11060 N. Falcon Rd., Scott City, KS 67871.

Irsik and Doll is an EOE.

EOE/AA/D/V/Drug Screen/Background Checks

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PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Physical Therapist Respiratory Therapist Operating Room RN C.N.A.s Home Health Aide Home Helath LPN CLERICAL Ward Clerk HIM Clerk Materials Management Assistant HR Temporary Records Scanner SERVICE PRN Nutritional Service Aide Full-time Housekeeping Aide Part-time Housekeeping Aide-No Benefits Applicants for these positions are required to be able to read, speak and understand English.

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required. We are a tobacco free campus.

We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

Due to our recent expansion of services and rapid growth, we are in need of Acute Care RNs and are offering financial incentives.

Applications are available on our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.

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Wheat to develop a new wheat variety.

However, as Fritz explained, with the use of doubled haploids and genomic selection, that process can be cut down to six or seven years.

For the Farmer The way the K-State wheat breeding team incorporates this burgeoning technology into their program is unique.

As researchers are building the genomic selection model, for example, Fritz is already testing it in the main breeding population.

Beef Combined January and February U.S. imports of Canadian slaughter cattle were down 34.6 percent year over year, including a 55.1 percent decrease in slaughter steer imports.

Record high U.S. feeder prices and a strong dollar favor Canadian exports of feeder cattle to the U.S. U.S. imports of Canadian feeder cattle increased 37.8 percent in 2014 over the previous year.

In the first two months of 2015, U.S. imports of Canadian feeder cattle are up a more modest seven percent.

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At other institutions, the field testing for these research tools would be limited to a training population and only moved to the real world breeding after years of testing and tweaking.

Fritz thanked the great team of K-State and USDA wheat researchers for their innovative approach to these technologies. And Fritz said that none of this work would be possible without the great relationships and support between K-State, Heartland Plant Innovations, Kansas Wheat Commission,

Kansas Wheat Alliance and private industry partners.

But, Fritz pointed out the most important supporters of K-State’s wheat research are also the biggest benefactors - Kansas wheat farmers. And he encouraged anyone with questions or suggestions to contact him.

“We need to hear from producers if we are doing what we need to be doing,” he said. “We are here to benefit the wheat industry and producers are the biggest part of that at the end of the day.”

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Decreased beef production in Canada in 2015 will hold beef exports close to 2014 levels despite favorable exchange rates. U.S. imports of Canadian beef may moderate in the coming months from the strong year over year increases posted in January and February, though the U.S. may be picking up a larger share of total Canadian beef exports.

Slaughter cattle imports from Canada are already down year over year and will likely remain lower due to decreased Canadian

feedlot production. Herd rebuilding may result in fewer cull cows exported to the U.S. for slaughter in 2015.

U.S. imports of Canadian feeder cattle may also moderate in coming months as a result of tight Canadian cattle supplies and increased heifer retention in Canada.

Compared to 2014, Canada is likely to contribute relatively less to U.S. beef supplies, slaughter cattle supplies, and feeder cattle supplies in 2015.

Farm Machinery Auction Wednesday, April 15 • 9:30 a.m.

Auction Location: From Dighton, 3 miles N. on HWY 23

Owner: Gene W. Boomhower Estate Tractors-Combine-Grain Cart and Road Grader 6175 White tractor, FWA, 18-sp. power shift, (4,126 hrs) 5020 AC tractor, 2-wheel dr., (1,552 hrs) AC 7060 tractor AC 7020 tractor, (6,197 hrs) D-17 tractor, gas, with AC loader and tines to unload shuttles, (3,530 hrs) 8N Ford tractor, M&M ”U” tractor, LPG, M5 blocks and pistons DRMCO (Cleveland) motor grader with 12’ moldboard, mod. 562B, cab Unverferth 7000 grain cart L3 Gleaner combine, hdro, big engine, chaff spreader 24’ L Gleaner grain header, hyd. reel dr., 6-spider reel, HD auger Gleaner 20’ flex header for L3-6 row AC row crop head Fiat Allis 605B wheel loader, cab Trucks -Trailers and Pickups 2-1990 Ford L8000 Truck with 4-sp. auto. trans, A/C, 6-cyl diesel, single axle, 5th wheel 1972 Ford truck, F600, 10’ Flatbed, 4-sp. with 2- sp, 51,000 mi.; with 150 gal. fuel tank and 12 volt pump, 1986 Dodge D350, 1-ton pickup, dual wheels, 9’ flatbed, combination fuel tank and tool box, 12-volt pump, 38,147 mi., 1980 Ford F350 dual Pickup 6-cy, with 8.5’ flatbed, with fuel tank and 12 volt ele. pump, side tool box and gas air compressor, 78,744 mi., good 1968 Dodge 1-ton pickup, 4-sp. with 3-sp.

Brownlite box behind trans. with duals and HD homemade flatbed with 2-sets gin poles, gooseneck hitch and winch 1965 Chevy truck, 60 series, with dump box and drill fill auger (47,368 mi) 2-2000 grain trailers, with ele. tarp, spring ride suspension 8’ homemade single axle trailer 10’ tilt bed trailer, single axle Circle M Gooseneck Trailer, dual tand., 32’ x 102” bed, beavertail with fold ramps Hillsboro bed on Donahue 2-axle trailer with hyd. seed fill auger, bed 14’6” with 40” sides with ele. hoist Hopper bottom side slope 150 bushel box on 4-wheel trailer with drill fill auger and 110 volt ele. motor 4-wheel running gear trailer recycled into header trailer for 24’ L3 Gleaner header 32’ Donahue trailer with Rollin hitch Tandem axle homemade gooseneck trailer with ramps, well built good cond.

Machinery Krause 4755 HR field cultivator with Krause 3row tine harrows, mod. 4241, 10” ultra wing sweeps on 7’ spacing (high residue mod.)

2008 Spray Coupe 4455 sprayer with Raven guidance gystem, Cruise II GPS, mapping with 80’ boom, JD 7200 MaxEmerge2 planter, pull type, with markers and liquid fert., 8-row with 30” sp.

Richardson 7x5 sweep plow with NH3 and Richardson pickers, large HD hitch JD 600 Hi Boy sprayer frame, no booms, only wiper bar Blue Jet pull type sub-tiller II with winter points, 20’ Unverferth rolling harrows, mod. 1225, 3-sec. hyd. fold.

Great Plains 24’ pull type 2-sec. double disc grain drill, new discs, 28,790 acres, 10” spacing, liquid fert. att.

Crustbuster 3-pt. drill, Dd 22 x 8” Crustbuster pull type hoe drill, 12” spacing, 33’ 1614H AGCO Allis Mower with 38” deck and bagger LaTourneau 8’ force ejection scraper Sunflower disc, 24’ mod. 1231-24, 22” blades, new Flex King 5 x 6 with Flex King pickers and NH3 Hoeme Chisel, 4-shanks with chisel points Krause 2800 Disc Chisel, 15’ Krause Chisel, pull type with homemade ext., 30’ working width 8-row Lilliston cultivator with front and rear sweeps and shovels, 4-spider gangs 9-shank 3-pt tool bar (4x4) with NH3, complete with meter, hoses and shanks

Snow blower for Allis Chalmers 5020 tractor (used very little) 12’ Garfield rigid scraper, hyd. cyl, and hoses 30’ JD 3-pt rotary hoe, 3-sec. with hydraulic fold Case on-land moldboard plow, 7-bottoms with coulters, mod. 400 3-pt. tool bar (2 - 14’ and 2 -5’) tool bars (2.25”) with hitch and ga. wheels 8-row corrugators, 3-pt, twin 2.25” diamond tool bars with shank and point ahead of corrugators 8-row furrower with dual markers, 3-bar, 2.25” diamond frame, 3-pt hitch 3-pt. tool bar (4x6”) with ga. wheels and single 2.25” diamond tool bar behind main bar, 9-shanks with 18” sweeps on diamond bar Flex King rod weeder, 30’-Miller 16’ offset disc., 2-bar frame with hyd. cyl. and hoses IHC 15’ oneway with rubber and cast land wheels Noble single 7’ sweep blade, pull type, no hyd. cylinder F-8 Danhuser post hole digger with 18” ext.

9” auger Homemade circle pull-type track closer with Blue Jet ground working tools BMB Twin Fury twin blade mower (shredder), pull type Homemade single belt terracer-BMB 6’ rotary mower (junk) 2-JD 71 Planters Irrigation 460 Ford irrigation motor (overhauled ready to go) M&M 605 irrigation engine on stand, (needs overhaul) 100-40’ jts., 6” PVC, 75-40’ jts., 8” PVC 40-30’ aluminum pipe, 8”- 8” and 10” aluminum pipe fittings, 7-pipe trailers Shop 2-cutting torches-Avery jacks-impact and ele. drills Anvil #12-Lincoln 180 amp welder-cherry picker Band saw-large shop press 110 volt over hydraulic Drill press-DR Wood Eater-Sears jointerradial arm saw T&E tool cabinet, 40”x52”-shop fan Miscellaneous Westfield grain semi hopper (drive over) Yamaha 4-wheeler, Moto 4 with sprayer Cement mixer with PTO on trailer 5-Unverferth rolling baskets (almost new) 3-axle trailer with 1,000 gal. spray tank and gas engine, pump, mix tank (equip. needed for water transfer) 500 gal. nurse tank used for fert.saddle tanks 500 gal. spray tank on homemade trailer with 30’ booms and handgun JD 2-wheel sprayer with 200 gal. fiberglass tank and booms Berkley tailwater pump, 540 PTO, with 30’ of pipe Single axle trailer with 750 gal. tank, (water or fert.), also 100 gal. tank for mixing chemicals and Briggs motor with transfer pump 500 gal. diesel tank on homemade tandem axle trailer, Briggs engine in enclosed metal box used for transfer pump LPG tank, 250 gal. on homemade trailer, with fill hose and end 200 gal. fuel tank with 12 volt ele. pump Single axle trailer, wood bed and homemade frame with 150 gal. fuel tank and hand pump “The Guide” guidance hitch 25’ grain auger with ele. motor 2-4-wheel running gears converted into header trailers JD 20 series front frame weight set Combine bin on trailer More Miscellaneous Not Listed